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abruptly

adverb as in short

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Adolescence - That changes abruptly from the age of nine when the connections in the brain go through a period of ruthless efficiency.

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This was his first performance since he had to abruptly cancel his world tour last year.

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It comes a week after US investment group RedBird Capital Partners abruptly abandoned its takeover, reigniting uncertainty over the paper's future and extending a protracted sale marked by government intervenion.

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Two months earlier, the man to whom she was married for 23 years abruptly left her for another woman.

Elsewhere on the line a train with 475 people had to abruptly stop because of damage.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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