abort
noun
1. the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
- he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
Definition categories: act, conclusion, ending, termination
Sentences with abort as a noun:
- We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
- We've had three aborts over the last two days.
verb
1. terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
Definition categories: change, end, terminate
2. cease development, die, and be aborted
- an aborting fetus
Definition categories: body, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, exit, expire, go, pass, perish
3. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
Definition categories: body, discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release