abort
//əˈbɔːrt//
Verb
abortInfinitive
abortPresent tense
abortedPast tense
abortedPast participle
abortingPresent participle
abortsThird-person singular
1
To terminate a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
She made the difficult decision to abort the pregnancy.
2
To stop or cancel something before it is completed, especially a mission, process, or plan.
The engineers had to abort the launch due to technical problems.
3
To fail to develop or come to completion; to end prematurely.
The project aborted due to lack of funding.
Noun
1
The act of aborting a mission, process, or operation.
The mission abort was announced due to technical problems.