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   abort

   /əˈbɔːt/

   verb

   • 1. carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus): "the decision to abort the fetus" Similar terminateendhave an abortion
   • ▪ (of a pregnant woman or female animal) have a miscarriage, with loss of the fetus: "an organism that infects sheep and can cause pregnant ewes to abort" Similar miscarryhave a miscarriage
   • ▪ (of an embryonic organ or organism) remain undeveloped; fail to mature.
   • 2. bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault: "the flight crew aborted the take-off" Similar haltstopendcall offcut shortdiscontinueterminatearrestsuspendchecknullifyinformal:scrubaxepull the plug onfailcome to a haltendterminatemiscarrygo wrongnot succeedfall throughbreak downbe frustratedcollapsefoundercome to grieffizzle outflopOpposite continuecompletesucceedcomplete

   noun

   • 1. an act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise: informal, technical "an abort because of bad weather"
   • ▪ an aborted enterprise: informal, technical "I've wasted almost a year on an abort"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin aboriri ‘miscarry’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + oriri ‘be born’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

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