Usage Note
Dirupo refers to a steep rocky cliff or sheer drop, most often in literary or dramatic descriptions of mountain landscapes. Its plural is dirupi. The related adjective diruto (ruined, crumbled) shares the root but is distinct.
Examples
"Il sentiero finisce vicino a un dirupo."
Natural Translation
The path ends near a cliff.

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