abort
Nouns
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(n) 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
Verbs
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(v) terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
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(v) cease development, die, and be aborted
- an aborting fetus
- (v) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion