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Adjective: sudden  súdun
  1. Happening without warning or in a short space of time
    "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"

See also: abrupt, choppy, emergent, explosive, fast, fulminant, jerky, sharp, suddenly, suddenness

Antonym: gradual

Encyclopedia: Sudden