abort

Noun
  1. The act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed (synset 100035660)
    "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"
    is a type of: conclusion, ending, termination - the act of ending something
Verb
  1. Terminate before completion (synset 200354493)
    "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
    is a type of: end, terminate - bring to an end or halt
  2. Cease development, die, and be aborted (synset 200059834)
    "an aborting fetus"
    is a type of: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  3. Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion (synset 200059670)
    entail: conceive - become pregnant; undergo conception
    is a type of: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release - eliminate (a substance)
    subtypes: miscarry - suffer a miscarriage

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