aborting
- present participle of abort.
Example Sentences
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Aborting a landing while still 1,000 feet up is easy for pilots, Ditchey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023
Aborting their plan to surface, the filmmakers followed the strange creature around for 25 minutes, capturing its movements through the submersible’s 1.4 meter-wide window.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 22, 2018
Aborting half the pregnancy didn’t occur to us — who knew it would even be doable? — but for a few panicky hours, we wondered if it was possible to give one up for adoption.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2011
Aborting a mission in an emergency would still leave people stuck in space for several weeks.
From US News • Apr. 19, 2010
Aborting cows often fail to expel the afterbirth, and if this remains hanging in a putrid condition it is most injurious to pregnant cows in the near vicinity.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
