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abort
[ uh-bawrt ]
verb (used without object)
- to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.
- to develop incompletely; remain in a rudimentary or undeveloped state.
- to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage.
- Military. to fail to accomplish a purpose or mission for any reason other than enemy action.
- Rocketry. (of a missile) to stop before the scheduled flight is completed.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to bring forth (a fetus) from the uterus before the fetus is viable.
- to cause (a pregnant female) to be delivered of a nonviable fetus.
- to cause to cease or end at an early or premature stage:
We aborted our vacation when the car broke down.
- to terminate (a missile flight, mission, etc.) before completion.
- to put down or quell in the early stages:
Troops aborted the uprising.
noun
- a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
abort
/ əˈbɔːt /
verb
- to undergo or cause (a woman) to undergo the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable
- tr to cause (a fetus) to be expelled from the womb before it is viable
- intr to fail to come to completion; go wrong
- tr to stop the development of; cause to be abandoned
- intr to give birth to a dead or nonviable fetus
- (of a space flight, military operation, etc) to fail or terminate prematurely
- intr (of an organism or part of an organism) to fail to develop into the mature form
noun
- the premature termination or failure of (a space flight, military operation, etc)
Other Words From
- una·borted adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of abort1
Word History and Origins
Origin of abort1
Example Sentences
It came two months after their aborted mutiny in Russia.
Instead of allowing doctors to abort pregnancies that are failing, they want to force them to induce labor instead.
And when a malfunctioning synthesizer forced him to abort a performance of his new song Small Changes, the former perfectionist just laughed it off.
An Alaska Airlines plane headed to Everett, Wash., aborted its takeoff from the Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday morning after it struck a bird, the airline said.
Along with Hamilton, Leclerc made an error on his first lap and had to abort and then had a weak first sector of his final lap.
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