Abort

v. end a pregnancy; cancel, call off; fail; (Computers) stop a procedure in progress or a program in operation (especially suddenly or abnormally)

Abort can mean:Abort (computing), to terminate a computer processing or data transfer activity.Abortion, a premature termination of pregnancy ending in the death of the embryo or fetus.The early termination of a spaceflight, particularly a mode resulting in the return of the spacecraft to Earth. For more information, see Space Shuttle abort modes and Apollo abort modes.
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Verb
1. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
(hypernym) end, terminate
(derivation) miscarriage, abortion
2. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
(hypernym) discharge, expel, eject, release
(hyponym) miscarry
(entail) conceive
(derivation) abortion

n. privy, lavatory; (caused by natural or artificial means) abortion, premature termination of a pregnancy, miscarriage

(v. i.)
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
  

(v. i.)
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
  

(n.)
An untimely birth.
  

(n.)
An aborted offspring.