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abort
verb aborted, aborting
- intr
1. To expel (an embryo or fetus) spontaneously from the uterus before it is capable of surviving independently; to miscarry.
intr
2. Said of a baby: to be lost in this way.
3. To induce termination of pregnancy, by surgical procedures or the use of drugs, before the embryo or fetus is capable of surviving independently.
tr & intr
4. To stop (a plan, space flight, etc), or to be stopped, earlier than expected and before reaching a successful conclusion, usually because of technical problems or danger.
- Thesaurus: stop, terminate, halt, end, nullify, cancel, call off; thwart, arrest, check; Antonym: continue.
- To fail to grow or develop to maturity.
- To stop the execution of (a program) before it has been completed, either because it is unsuitable or because it cannot continue owing to an error or system failure.
