abort UK /əˈbɔːt/US /əˈbɔɹt/verb 9noun 5forms 3 verb9 •To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. •To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. •To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.First he aborts the take-off and now we have a runway incursion! — 2022 •To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. •To terminate a process prior to completion. •To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term."Of course, you can't abort yourself...I mean you positively can't be allowed to. To begin with it's a crime." — 1961 •To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic. — 1785 •To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. •To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. noun5 •An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches. •An event in which a process is aborted.We've had three aborts over the last two days. •The function used to abort a process. •(no longer used) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. •(no longer used) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends. — 1624 formsaborted · aborting · aborts
