abort

[US]/əˈbɔːt/
[UK]/əˈbɔːrt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. miscarry; be stillborn; fail to develop; have an abortion
vt. cause a miscarriage; cause to stop
n. termination of a plan

Phrases & Collocations

abort mission

abort the plan

abort the operation

abort a pregnancy

abort a launch

emergency abortion

abort the process

Example Sentences

abort a trip because of illness; abort a spaceflight; abort a takeoff.

an abort because of bad weather.

The doctor had to abort the baby.

abort plans for a corporate takeover.

They aborted the space flight finally.

the flight crew aborted the take-off.

Was melancholia often gotten crankily after abort?

The captain instructed them to abort the mission.

The rocket flight had to be aborted because of difficulties with computer.

While some of this can be explained by society—in countries like China baby boys are favoured and many unborn girls are electively aborted—there are natural processes at work.

Ovary incompletely (3 or)4-loculed, with 1 pendulous ovule per locule (if 2, then 1 aborting early), (6-)8-ribbed, ornamented, mid-sepaline ribs less distinctly raised than others;

Real-world Examples

Vanessa Bryant says the plant pilot should have aborted the flight because of the foggy conditions.

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2020

And the decision was made to abort the launch and make the emergency landing.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2018 Collection

The new legislation will allow a fetus to be aborted until 22 weeks into the pregnancy.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2018

So, the hardware for the how to abort demonstration for Crew Dragon will be there in October.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2019

It's believed the pilot then aborted the landing, but couldn't recover.

Source: CRI Online October 2013 Collection

We've seen the in-flight abort test, and the vehicle performed well again.

Source: CNN 10 Summer Special

Something was overloading the computer and threatened to abort the landing.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

However, it upheld Indiana's requirement that aborted fetuses be buried or cremated.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

By the time the woman came to her care, her pregnancy was too far along to abort.

Source: VOA Special English Health

The woman reportedly told hospital staff that she had tried to abort her fetus herself, which led to her arrest.

Source: The Economist - Weekly News Highlights

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