ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were "concatenated without abruption." - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were "concatenated without abruption.""

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Arrival	Authors	Beautifully	Cannon
Ceremony	Concatenated	Departure	Ideas
Interests	Johnson	Most	Samuel
Shot	Soldier	Sudden	Whose
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