adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sudden/abrupt end (= sudden and unexpected )
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After the news leaked out, his political career came to a sudden end.
abrupt
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the abrupt onset of the rainy season in India
(= happening very quickly and suddenly )
an abrupt halt (= one that is sudden and unexpected )
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His career came to an abrupt halt when he was seriously injured in a road accident.
sudden/abrupt (= done suddenly, without being planned )
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I didn't know how I was going to explain his abrupt departure to the others.
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Their departure seemed rather sudden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise.
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For a. brief moment he regretted having been so abrupt with the caller.
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Despite the three-hour length, the descent of Kathy Bates's character into madness is so abrupt as to be risible.
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Everybody was so abrupt , as if they didn't believe him.
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Braun even passed that test, although the transition was so abrupt that he left some of us leaning the wrong way.
too
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Discussing it afterwards, many people said it was too abrupt , but Mrs Travers and Mrs Patel defended it.
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But his dismissal was too abrupt for young boys.
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Does the evidence therefore suggest that the slowdown so far is much too abrupt ?
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There were no drainage ditches here, the shoulders too abrupt , the slope too precipitous, to collect water.
■ NOUN
change
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Where the soil is different there are abrupt changes in the use which people have made of the land.
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There are no abrupt changes .!
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In the finale the abrupt changes of pace were contrasted to always good musical effect.
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Severe risk was involved in any abrupt change in the way in which we dealt with journalists.
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He is used to abrupt changes .
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The abrupt change from legacy to trust is very striking.
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Sudden and abrupt changes in stance and orientation are off-putting for the opponent so work out some routines to achieve this.
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Policy analysis needs to be concerned with a flow of interrelated policies, with abrupt changes of direction a comparatively rare occurrence.
departure
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His abrupt departure left her close to collapse.
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In view of the Duchess of York's abrupt departure from the royal family in March this year it was a prudent decision.
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David filled her dreams; the ecstasy of their lovemaking, and the pain and bewilderment of his abrupt departure .
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He also meets a leader who, after Mr Mandela's abrupt departure , can't help returning to the basic question.
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Chapter 31 Nora's abrupt departure had, at first, the desired effect upon John.
end
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All this came to an abrupt end following an explosion on one of his sites.
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However, this great satirical onslaught on the Royal Family came to an abrupt end .
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But all their exploits and explorations suddenly came to an abrupt end .
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But the increasingly nasty dispute came to an abrupt end as the government announced a settlement.
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But the dream came to an abrupt end when Peter Mott came down with polio.
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It was, however, an apt symbol for the abrupt end of her government's honeymoon.
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It comes to an abrupt end at a field of dirt, bulldozed to make room for a subdivision.
halt
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We come to an abrupt halt .
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The chase came to an abrupt halt when nine Mexicali police cars stopped the Jetta and its occupants.
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She rushed after him, almost bumping into him as he came to an abrupt halt in the kitchen doorway.
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His death in a 1956 car crash brought his career to an abrupt halt when he was just 26.
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Nutty arrived on time, thudding out of the dusk and pulling to an abrupt halt .
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As all the alarming possibilities ran through her head, she gave a loud gulp and came to an abrupt halt .
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But she suffered a setback when a bout of glandular fever looked like bringing her season to an abrupt halt .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Change it," he says in his abrupt , no-nonsense style.
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"It won't work," Mitchell says in his abrupt , no-nonsense style.
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His departure was abrupt and completely unexpected.
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His new boss was abrupt and didn't seem interested in his proposals.
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The police brought the demonstration to an abrupt end.
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There has been an abrupt shift in the government thinking regarding these issues.
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There may be an abrupt change in weather patterns.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite the three-hour length, the descent of Kathy Bates's character into madness is so abrupt as to be risible.
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In view of the Duchess of York's abrupt departure from the royal family in March this year it was a prudent decision.
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It was the abrupt way he pulled up running out a ball in Game 2 that alerted everyone there was a problem.
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It was, however, an apt symbol for the abrupt end of her government's honeymoon.
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Nothing could be more abrupt than the transition from childhood to school.
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The contrast for the eleven-year-old with the more informal and less specialist work of the primary school was sharp and abrupt .
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There are no abrupt changes.!