Definitions from Wiktionary (abort)
▸ noun: (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
▸ noun: (computing) The function used to abort a process.
▸ noun: (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
▸ noun: (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
▸ verb: (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
▸ verb: (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
▸ verb: (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
▸ verb: (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
▸ verb: (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
▸ verb: (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
▸ verb: (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
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▸ noun: (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
▸ noun: (computing) The function used to abort a process.
▸ noun: (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
▸ noun: (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
▸ verb: (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
▸ verb: (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
▸ verb: (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
▸ verb: (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
▸ verb: (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
▸ verb: (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
▸ verb: (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
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