abort
verb
[ əˈbɔːt ]
• carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus).
• "the decision to abort the fetus"
• bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault.
• "the flight crew aborted the take-off"
Similar:
halt,
stop,
end,
call off,
cut short,
discontinue,
terminate,
arrest,
suspend,
check,
nullify,
scrub,
axe,
pull the plug on,
fail,
come to a halt,
miscarry,
go wrong,
not succeed,
fall through,
break down,
be frustrated,
collapse,
founder,
come to grief,
fizzle out,
flop,
abort
noun
• an act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise.
• "an abort because of bad weather"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin aboriri ‘miscarry’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + oriri ‘be born’.
