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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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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

“Would an autonomous drone abort a mission on its own, for example if a child enters the target area?” she asked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

In the second, crews headed to the Florida space coast, where they placed the abort system and test capsule on a modified missile.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

Norris was blisteringly quick on his first lap but a loss of front grip in Turn Two on his second meant he had to abort and opened the door to his team-mate.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

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

Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert try to return to Earth after an explosion aborts the April 1970 moonshot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2019

If an animal aborts unexpectedly she should be removed to separate quarters and given proper attention as promptly as possible.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Shares in SpaceX were set to slide further below their initial public offering price after the spacecraft manufacturer aborted an attempt to launch its Starship rocket.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

The official said he didn’t know why the trip had been aborted, the people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Some of the evidence was too much for one juror, leading to the trial being aborted and re-started with a new jury.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Then there’s this noise like an aborted sob, and she pushes past me, straight through the door.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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

From BBC May 23, 2026

Such is her agony at the memory of aborting their baby that she relies on her diary entries from the time to carry the weight.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 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

However, while traveling at over 11,000 mph, the system experienced an anomaly, aborting the flight prematurely.

From Washington Times Jan. 10, 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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