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1. (v.i.) abort
to bring forth a fetus before it is viable.
2. abort
to remain rudimentary, fail to develop, or develop incompletely.
3. abort
to fail or stop at an early or premature stage.
4. abort
to fail to accomplish a military objective for any reason other than enemy action.
5. abort
(of a missile) to stop before the scheduled flight is completed.
6. (v.t.) abort
to cause to bring forth (a fetus) before it is viable.
7. abort
to cause (a pregnant female) to be delivered of a nonviable fetus.
8. abort
to cause to cease or end at an early or premature stage.
9. abort
to terminate (a missile flight, mission, etc.) before completion.
10. (n.) abort
the termination of a missile flight, mission, etc., before completion.
11. abort
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L abortus, ptp. of aborīrī to disappear, miscarry =ab-ab - +orīrī to appear)
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| Definition of 'abort' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) 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"
2. (verb) abort
terminate before completion
"abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
3. (verb) abort
cease development, die, and be aborted
"an aborting fetus"
4. (verb) abort
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
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1. (verb) abort
to stop a process
The pilot had to abort the landing.
2. abort
to end a pregnancy
She refused to abort her unborn child.
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| Definition of 'abort' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) abort
an untimely birth
2. (noun) abort
an aborted offspring
3. (verb) abort
to miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely
4. (verb) abort
to become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile
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| Definition of 'abort' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. abort
1. To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. 2. To discontinue aircraft takeoff or missile launch.
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Sense: to lose or bring about the loss of (an unborn child) from the womb.
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 Afrikaans: aborteer |
 Arabic: يُجْهِض |
 Bulgarian: помятам |
 Brazilian: abortar |
 Czech: potratit |
 German: abtreiben |
 Danish: abortere |
 Greek: κάνω έκτρωση |
 Spanish: abortar |
 Estonian: rasedust katkestama, abor |
 Farsi: سقط کردن |
 Finnish: abortoida |
 French: avorter |
 Hebrew: לְהַפִּיל עוּבָּר |
 Hindi: गर्भपात होना |
 Croatian: pobaciti |
 Hungarian: elvetél |
 Indonesian: gugur |
 Icelandic: missa fóstur; valda fóstu |
 Italian: abortire |
 Japanese: 流産する |
 Korean: 유산하다 |
 Lithuanian: persileisti, nutraukti nė |
 Latvian: izdarīt abortu; priekšlai |
 Malay: gugur |
 Dutch: aborteren |
 Norwegian: abortere; framkalle abort |
 Polish: poronić, wymusić poronien |
 Persian: سقط کردن |
 Pashto: ماشوم د مور په نس كى مخكى |
 Portuguese: abortar |
 Romanian: a avorta |
 Russian: иметь выкидыш;делать абор |
 Slovak: potratiť |
 Slovenian: splaviti |
 Serbian: pobaciti |
 Swedish: få missfall, abortera |
 Thai: แท้งลูก |
 Turkish: kürtaj yapmak, çocuk aldı |
 Taiwanese: 墮掉(胎兒) |
 Ukrainian: викидати, передчасно наро |
 Urdu: ہونا اسقاط |
 Vietnamese: sẩy thai; phá thai |
 Chinese: 早产，流产，堕胎 |
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