abort
verb (used without object)
to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.
have aborted
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present perfectof abort.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The decision came just 45 seconds before the rocket was set to launch, with a SpaceX official calling, “Hold, hold, hold. ... We have aborted launch today due to airspace concerns.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
If it were just me, I’d have aborted the entire process before Apple ever shipped 79 pounds of equipment to my home.
From The Verge ● May 21, 2022
“I know many girls who have aborted recently,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2022
If it had been two months ago, I would have aborted the baby.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2021
Ladies boast to each other of the impunity with which they have aborted, as they do of their expenditures, of their dress, of their success in society.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
