suddenness

the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

आगामी कुछ वर्षों में, शीघ्रता से इसे 16 करोड़ 20 लाख एकड़ तक विस्तृत किया गया.

But they were too shocked by the suddenness of the disaster to be able to do anything except make a dash for the high ground behind the jail.