abruptly abandon

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

to suddenly and unexpectedly stop something

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Examples (10)

  • The company was forced to abruptly abandon the project due to a lack of funding.
  • He abruptly abandoned his political career after the scandal broke.
  • Why did you abruptly abandon our plans for the trip without telling me?
  • The climbers had to abruptly abandon their ascent when the weather turned severe.
  • Investors were shocked when the CEO decided to abruptly abandon the company's long-term strategy.
  • She abruptly abandoned her studies and moved to another country.
  • The search and rescue mission was abruptly abandoned as night fell.
  • You can't just abruptly abandon your responsibilities like this.
  • After years of research, they abruptly abandoned their initial hypothesis.
  • The director was known to abruptly abandon film sets if things weren't going his way.