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Word Meanings - ABRUPTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. Woodward.

Related words: (words related to ABRUPTION)

  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • VIOLENT
    probably akin to Gr. 1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. Float
  • BREAKAWAY
    A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
  • SUDDEN
    soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p.p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, 1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation;
  • SUDDENTY
    Suddenness; a sudden. On a suddenty, on a sudden. Sir W. Scott.
  • BREAKDOWN
    1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall. A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called,
  • BREAK-CIRCUIT
    A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
  • BREAK
    brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel.braka to creak, Sw. braka, bräkka to crack, Dan. brække to break, Goth. brikan to break, 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break
  • BREAKER
    A small water cask. Totten. 4. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, breaks. I'll be
  • WOODWARDIA
    A genus of ferns, one species of which is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.
  • BREAKWATER
    Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.
  • BREAK-UP
    Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.
  • BREAKAGE
    1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken. 2. An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.
  • WOODWARD
    An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.
  • BREAKNECK
    1. A fall that breaks the neck. 2. A steep place endangering the neck.
  • VIOLENTLY
    In a violent manner.
  • BREAKFAST
    1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak. 2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.
  • BREAKBONE FEVER
    See DENGUE
  • SEPARATION
    The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically: Chemical analysis. Divorce. The operation of removing water from steam. Judicial separation , a form of divorce; a separation of man and wife which has the effect
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • OATHBREAKING
    The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak
  • PEACEBREAKER
    One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
  • UPBREAK
    To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
  • PERBREAK
    See PARBREAK
  • OUTBREAK
    A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. "Mobs and outbreaks." J. H. Newman. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.
  • HOUSEBREAKING
    The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
  • INBREAK; INBREAKING
    A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
  • HAMMER BREAK
    An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

 

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