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Aposiopesis Moderate

Aposiopesis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

2

An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rhetorical device
Rhyming Words
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