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abort

[uh-bawrt] / əˈbɔrt /


VERB
terminate or fail to complete pregnancy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
WEAK
carry to term continue keep


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It also apparently has some weird all-knowing knowledge, because it warns its clueless mom about all the evil characters conspiring to abort the baby.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

One aircraft that had to abort its scheduled landing at Leipzig-Halle airport then collided mid-air with an unknown object nearby but later landed safely elsewhere, a government spokesman said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Hamilton made a mistake on his first run in Q3, locking a brake at Turn Three, and had to abort the lap.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

When Gavalas reported seeing a car just like his own, Gemini told him it was part of a government surveillance operation and told him to abort the mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Rishi tried to tell him with his eyes—since Dimple was still looking at him—that they needed to abort the plan.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

A second attempt begins at 11:17 p.m., but the crew aborts and declares an emergency when flight attendants report feeling sick due to an unexplained smell permeating the cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

At the same time, the plant aborts nearly all fruits that contain larvae, which helps limit the plant's resource investment.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

At the end of "Thalidomide," Plath writes, "The glass cracks across, / The image / Flees and aborts like dropped mercury."

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2022

October: The Houston Space Center aborts a launch after six seconds.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021

It aborts even the efforts of planetary evolution.

From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Milan C. Edson

Nissan has been through several leadership and strategic shifts as well, including an aborted merger with Honda, and remains mired in another turnaround effort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The final twist came this week after a British investment firm named BC Partners aborted its plan to fund the league.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

“Your Mother” came together after Tariq and Ali failed to get a “Blade” reboot green-lighted, with Ali utilizing his martial-arts training from that aborted Marvel project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Earlier this month, European football's governing body said that despite Infantino's plan being aborted following widespread condemnation, the conditions required to prevent a boycott had "not been met".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Nichrome wire was lying in the charred remains of the cork, which had either slipped or been pushed out of place by the aborted exhaust.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

He lost a bid for San Diego mayor in 2012, and two tries for Congress, and also twice pursued a voter ID ballot measure before aborting the efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The blunt family lawyer had been representing Greg Gillespie, an Arizona man Owens had accused in a different lawsuit of trying to coerce her into aborting a twin pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Russell, who won the sprint race earlier on Saturday, was on the back foot after aborting his first lap.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

There has been no confirmation of those conversations from the Kremlin or Mr. Prigozhin, who has largely been silent since aborting his revolt.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

A familiar example is the role of those two diseases in aborting the French effort, and nearly aborting the ultimately successful American effort, to construct the Panama Canal.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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