aborted; aborting; aborts
1
: to bring forth stillborn, nonviable, or premature offspring
2
: to become checked in development so as to degenerate or remain rudimentary
3
: to terminate a procedure prematurely
the pilot decided to abort due to mechanical difficulties
1
a
: to induce the abortion of or give birth to prematurely
b
: to terminate the pregnancy of before term
2
a
: to terminate prematurely : cancel
abort a project
abort a spaceflight
b
: to stop in the early stages
abort a disease
aborter
noun
: the premature termination of a flight (as of an aircraft or spacecraft), a mission, or an action or procedure relating to a flight
a launch abort
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Examples of abort in a Sentence
Verb
They decided to abort the pregnancy.
abort the launch of a rocket
I suggest that you abort the project.
The mission had to be aborted.
When problems occurred during the launch, it was necessary to abort.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
His lap was aborted, the session ended, and Verstappen was not able to improve from 15th fastest.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
The JetBlue plane had to abort takeoff, the airline said.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Verb
However, due to not quite understanding what was happening when the race start was aborted, Norris received a reprimand and a fine of €5,000.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
His lap was aborted, the session ended, and Verstappen was not able to improve from 15th fastest.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
Hague, a 49-year-old Space Force colonel, is a veteran of one long-duration mission on the International Space Station, and also experienced a rare in-flight launch abort in 2018 due to a failure of a Russian Soyuz rocket.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
The JetBlue plane had to abort takeoff, the airline said.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Abort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abort. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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abort
transitive verb
: to induce the expulsion of (a human fetus)
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