Abrupt

Happening suddenly and unexpectedly, like when a car stops quickly or when someone jumps out to surprise you.

Examples

• The teacher made an abrupt change to our schedule, and we had art class instead of math.
• When the storm came, the weather turned abrupt, and we had to go inside quickly.
• I was surprised by the abrupt ending of the movie; I wanted to see what happened next!

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