abort
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- I wasted a year of my life working on an abort
- he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area
• Hypernyms:
termination, ending, conclusion
1. terminate before completion
- abort the mission
- abort the process running on my computer
• Derivationally related forms:
abortive, abortion
• Hypernyms:
end, terminate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. cease development, die, and be aborted
- an aborting fetus
• Hypernyms:
die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm,
buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke,
croak, snuff it
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
• Derivationally related forms:
abortion
• Hypernyms:
exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
• Hyponyms:
miscarry
• Entailment:
conceive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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