noun an abrupt place.
2. abrupt ·vt to tear off or asunder.
3. abrupt ·adj suddenly terminating, as if cut off.
4. abrupt ·adj having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
5. abrupt ·adj without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
6. abrupt ·adj broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.