Abruption
a sudden breaking off.
historical examples
by this abruption, posterity lost more instruction than delight.
lives of the english poets: waller, milton, cowley samuel johnson
the comma is the note of connection and continuity of sentences; the period is the note of abruption and disjunction.
notes to shakespeare, volume iii: the tragedies samuel johnson
noun
a breaking off of a part or parts from a m-ss
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