1. 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"

1. Terminate before completion
   "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer" 
2. Cease development, die, and be aborted
   "an aborting foetus" 
3. Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

Derived forms: aborts, aborted, aborting

See also: abortion, abortive

Type of: buy the farm [N. Amer], cash in one's chips, choke, conclusion, conk, croak, decease, die, discharge, drop dead, eject, end, ending, exhaust, exit, expel, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, release, snuff it, terminate, termination

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