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ab⋅rup⋅tion

  [uh-bruhp-shuhn]
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–noun
a sudden breaking off.
Origin:
1600–10; < L abruptiōn- (s. of abruptiō). See abrupt, -ion
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a·brup·tion   (ə-brŭp'shən)   
n.  An instance of suddenly breaking away or off.
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Abruption

Ab*rup"tion\, n. [L. abruptio, fr. abrumpere: cf. F. abruption.] A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. --Woodward.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: ab·rup·tion
Pronunciation: a-'br&p-sh&n, &-
Function: noun
: a sudden breaking off : detachment of portionsfrom a mass abruption>
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