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Abort

əˈbɔːt

Abort definitions

verb

Inflections:

abort aborted aborting aborts

carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus)

"the decision to abort the fetus"

Synonyms:
terminate end
- (of a pregnant woman or female animal) have a miscarriage
  
  "an organism that infects sheep and can cause pregnant ewes to abort"
- (of an embryonic organ or organism) remain undeveloped; fail to mature
bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault

"the flight crew aborted the take-off"

Synonyms:
halt stop end call off cut short discontinue terminate arrest suspend check nullify fail come to a halt end terminate miscarry go wrong not succeed fall through break down be frustrated collapse founder come to grief fizzle out flop

noun

Inflections:

abort aborts

an act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise

"an abort because of bad weather"
- an aborted enterprise
  
  "I've wasted almost a year on an abort"