The word
"abrupt" means something that happens or changes suddenly and unexpectedly, without any warning or gradual process.
Full definition
The beginning and end of a glacial period are clearly times of global climate change, but there are also periods of
abrupt change in climate patterns within those periods.
In fact, here's an article discussing the process that scientists went through in the 20th century as they came to grips with the evidence of
abrupt climate change.
Worse, it has one of the most awkward
abrupt endings of a major release in recent memory.
They still progress logically but with
abrupt shifts in place, time, and feeling, and the flow and tempo of the movie are off.
In cats who have been spayed / neutered, marking is usually due to anxiety caused
by abrupt changes in the household.
There is no transition, or
abrupt departure, from the healing of the blind man and the picture of the good shepherd.
So much is going on in both our lives, its not the time to be
abrupt about a crucial element of our relationship.
We are talking about huge physical signs of
abrupt warming that can be seen from space.
If we stay the current course, this gradual process could yield to
more abrupt climate change.
Given this type of transmission, there were no fixed gears to
cause abrupt shifts under acceleration.
And judging from the reaction of the mostly female YA audience in the theater I was in, there may be some dissatisfaction with the
rather abrupt ending.
Nothing
too abrupt for first thing in the morning, and in our eyes really balanced for a feel - good start to the day.
Release of even a fraction of the methane stored in the shelf could
trigger abrupt climate warming.
Firms in technology and biotech, for example, are subject to
such abrupt disruption of their business models that it's impossible to have confidence in a three to five year projection.
It can feel
very abrupt for children and parents to move from such close proximity for an extended period of time to completely separate rooms.
The rather
abrupt rise in interest rates this year has probably also played a part, and is certainly responsible for some of the increase in the stock market's volatility.
These changes occur gradually over time and can lead to many secondary problems including
abrupt loss of appetite and infections.
This mass extinction has long been linked to a large and
abrupt release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but the exact source of this emission has been unknown.
The massive,
abrupt switch to ethanol has caused severe economic damage to the impoverished who must now pay double for milk powder and beans, dietary staples of the poor.
Whatever the specific circumstances for an island, the transition from silent slip to
abrupt collapse would involve a sudden acceleration of the mobile slope.
A panic attack is a period of intense, often temporarily disabling sense of extreme fear or psychological distress, typically of
abrupt onset.
I have a blind friend who wishes to contact your board of trustees with her concerns about the recent unusually
abrupt firing / reduction of much needed field staff.
The dashboard is layered, not
so abrupt as in the B - Class and the materials and finish are of higher grade.
Rather than building tension with editing, we get
abrupt jump scares.
If you faced plagiarism or found out that your resume was copied, Resume Writing Service doesn't recommend you to make
abrupt movements.
In a sense, when you're writing, you're doing that too — in a much less
abrupt way, of course, but you're doing it nonetheless.
It handles well on the highway, even
during abrupt, high - speed lane changes.
Hard - edge painting is painting in
which abrupt transitions are found between color areas.
Less abrupt changes would occur around the world as average temperatures increased.
At present, we don't observe that evidence, and I am much more concerned about
abrupt market losses than about the possibility for significant market strength.