Sudden: alternatives and connections

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

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Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.

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Full of cracks.

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Full of cracks.

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Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

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Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

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Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

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Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

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Thundering; fulminating.

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Thundering; fulminating.

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Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

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Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gra…

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Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gra…

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