The phrase "abruptly killed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden or unexpected death in various contexts, such as storytelling, news articles, or discussions about events.
Example: "The character was abruptly killed off in the final episode, leaving fans in shock."
Alternatives: "suddenly killed" or "unexpectedly killed".
Do you feel like you've been forgiven for the way you abruptly killed off Matthew Crawley, Dan Stevens's character, at the end of last season?
Using radiocarbon dating, the researchers determined that plants from both high and low altitudes were abruptly killed by rapidly encroaching ice between 1275 and 1300.
Having abruptly killed off Ziggy at London's Hammersmith Odeon on 3 July 1973, Bowie returned in 1974 with a concept album, Diamond Dogs, and an ambitiously theatrical, big-budget touring live show that broke new ground with its use of elaborate sets and mechanical props.
As the New York Times noted in a story over the weekend, the emails flying back-and-forth give an almost minute-by-minute window into the workings of high-tech negotiations at least until some legal-aware top managers abruptly killed email exchanges with messages like "Thread-kill and talk to me off-line with any questions".
(Laura Miller wrote a wonderful piece on it for this magazine). The great mixed bag of these books is how Martin so shrewdly involves you in the lives and psyches of the main characters, only to abruptly kill them off.
The great mixed bag of these books is how Martin so shrewdly involves you in the lives and psyches of the main characters, only to abruptly kill them off.
There are some genuinely moving bits - Maturin recovering from horrendous torture at the hands of the French (his poor maimed fingers); the unexpected deaths of much-loved characters (O'Brian was fond of abruptly killing people off).
The CW's The 100 featured a nuanced relationship between protagonist Clarke and her star-crossed lover Lexa (but was scandalized for abruptly killing Lexa off).
"It was killed abruptly because no one was buying it and there no was no credible reason to believe anyone would," this person said.
The thing that shocked and frightened Ka was the way these girls had killed themselves: abruptly, without ritual or warning, in the midst of their everyday routines".
That rebound led to the hunt that state conservation officials opened last week — and abruptly closed as hunters killed 295 of the animals in the first two days.
