abort
Example Sentences
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Pilots on the Mesa Airlines flight decided that the separation between their craft and the one taking off was insufficient and initiated a go-around, where a landing is aborted.
From Los Angeles Times
Had the ball struck the girl, he would almost certainly have been defaulted and seen another attempt at number 25 aborted by his own carelessness.
From BBC
Another attempt at a record 25th major title could have been aborted by his own carelessness.
From BBC
Executives learned in October 2020 that batches of AstraZeneca’s vaccine had to be aborted and were contaminated due to production issues.
Imagineering leaders are also trying to restore morale employees say was pummeled by a decade of layoffs, conflicts with corporate leadership and an aborted plan to move the team to Florida.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.