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abâ¢rupt /ÉËbrÊpt/USA pronunciation adj. 1  sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure. 2  so short as to be unfriendly or impolite:an abrupt reply. 3  changing suddenly; sharp: an abrupt turn in a road.
Other changes are more difficult to predict, because they are gradual only until they reach a certain threshold, at which large changes occur suddenly. Examples of abrupt changes include the start of epidemics, the collapse of a fish population, and bursts of algae growth. More... 7.3 Human interventions in ecosystems make abrupt changes more likely. Loss of biodiversity, for instance, makes it more difficult for ecosystems to recover from damage. Once an ecosystem has undergone an abrupt change, recovery to the original state is slow, costly, and sometimes even impossible.