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Abrupt Endings Of A Sort

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34%12Abrupt endings
noun

• an abrupt discourteous manner

• the property possessed by a slope that is very steep

• the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

34%11 Stylistic devices characterized by abrupt endings or pauses
noun

• breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

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