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abort

UK/əˈbɔːt/ US/əˈbɔɹt/ fairly common

verb

1.

terminate before completion

  • “abort the mission”
  • “abort the process running on my computer”
2.

terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

Origin

From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“to come into being”). Doublet of abortus.

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