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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an instance of sudden interruption;
[syn: breaking off, abruption]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abruption \Ab*rup"tion\, n. [L. abruptio, fr. abrumpere: cf. F. abruption.] A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abruption n 1: an instance of sudden interruption [syn: breaking off, abruption]