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Aposiopesis
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct - but I can not speak of that, here."
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aposiopesis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/aposiopesis.html. 1828.