Abort

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To give birth prematurely or before term; miscarry.
  • verb-intransitive. To cease growth before full development or maturation.
  • verb-intransitive. To terminate an operation or procedure, as with a project, missile, airplane, or space vehicle, before completion.
  • v. To cause to terminate (a pregnancy) prematurely, especially before the fetus is viable.
  • v. To cause the expulsion of (an embryo or fetus) before it is viable.
  • v. To give premature birth to (an embryo or fetus).
  • v. To interfere with the development of; conclude prematurely: abort plans for a corporate takeover.
  • v. To terminate before completion: abort a trip because of illness; abort a takeoff.
  • v. To stop the progress of (a disease, for example).
  • n. The act of terminating an operation or procedure, as with a project, missile, airplane, or space vehicle, before completion.
  • n. Computer Science A procedure to terminate execution of a program when an unrecoverable error or malfunction occurs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The function used to abort a process.
  • n. An event involving the abort of a process.
  • v. To cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term.
  • v. To terminate a process prior to completion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
  • verb-intransitive. To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
  • verb-intransitive. to stop, cease, or fail prior to normal completion.
  • v. to cause (an action or process) to stop at an early stage, or before normal completion.
  • n. An untimely birth.
  • n. An aborted offspring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To miscarry in giving birth.
  • To become aborted or abortive; appear or remain in a rudimentary or undeveloped state: as, organs liable to abort.
  • n. An abortion.
  • To render abortive; check or arrest the development of: as, to abort a fever.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cease development, die, and be aborted
  • v. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
  • n. the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
  • v. terminate before completion
  • Verb Form
    aborted    aborting    abortional    abortively    aborts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expire    pop off    choke    buy the farm    conk    cash in one's chips    snuff it    croak    exit    pass   
    Cross Reference
    exception    abend   
    Form
    abortive    aborter    abortion    abortus    abortorium    abortment    abortee    abortifacient   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    miscarry    bear    cast    slink   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart    assort    athwart    boart    bort    cavort   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts