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aposiopetic
Variant of aposiopesis
noun
a sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence as if one were unable or unwilling to continue (Ex.: the horrors I saw there—but I dare not tell them)
Related Forms:
- aposiopetic adjective
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