abort

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Synonyms: about, amort, abord, aborn, abert, bort, abora, abori, aport, abor, abot

Antonyms: about, amort, abord, aborn, abert, bort, abora, abori, aport, abor, abot

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Noun

An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
The function used to abort a process.
An event in which a process is aborted.
- We've had three aborts over the last two days.
The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.

To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
To terminate a process prior to completion.

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