The phrase "abrupt encounter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden or unexpected meeting with someone or something.
Example: "Their abrupt encounter in the hallway left both of them speechless."
Alternatives: "sudden meeting" or "unexpected encounter."
The abrupt encounter, described by three people briefed on the conversation, included a terse comment by the chairman, Michael E. O'Neill: "The board has lost confidence in you".
Galleries should be "room-like", not pieces of technical equipment, such that they "mediate the rather abrupt encounter with art that you often find in commercial galleries".
"I was getting my ass kicked a lot for a while," he writes of his abrupt encounter with this hard world.
Although an abrupt encounter with a moving car diminished his enthusiasm for skating for more than a year, he is typical of outdoor skaters who relish their independence despite the risks involved.
No, they probably won't, ever" – now seems glacial compared to the hilariously matter-of-fact and abrupt sexual encounter this pair had.
Of the demonic Claggart: But upon any abrupt unforeseen encounter a red light would flash forth from his eye like a spark from an anvil in a dusk smithy.
For example, an abrupt stop encountered during a freehand scan will result in multiple A-scans being acquired at the same position.
Plants frequently encounter abrupt environmental changes, such as temperature extremes and drought and salt stresses, in their natural habitats.
The U.S. Office of Naval Research is thanked for their generous support of this research under the Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT) research initiative managed by Dr. Theresa Paluszkiewicz.
They deployed Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder's (PIES), an instrument for measuring average sound speed in the water column, to detect internal waves as part of the Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT) experiment.
The shock wears off of the dance's slamming encounters and abrupt shifts from tearing runs to disaffected strolls and back again.
