Abort

Meaning

Noun

●

In Aeronautics & Military:

An early

of a

,

, or

or

; the

making such a

.

●

In Computing:

The

used to

a process.

●

In Computing:

An

in which a process is aborted.

●

In Abortion:

The product of a

; an

; an abortion.

●

In Abortion:

A

; an

; an abortion.

Verb

●

In Medicine:

To

; to

(non-living)

prematurely.

●

In Abortion:

To cause a

of (a

); to end a

before term.

●

To end

; to

the

; to

back.

●

To

or

at something in the

stages.

●

In Biology:

To become

development,

either to

or

; to

before

; to become sterile.

●

In Biology & Abortion:

To cause an

to develop

; to cause

development to

; to

maturation.

●

In Military:

To

a

at any point after the

of the

and

its completion.

●

In Aeronautics:

To

a

a

or

; to

a

or

prematurely.

●

In Computing:

To

a process

completion.

Sourced from

Origin

abort

English

abortare

Latin

abortus

Latin

aboriri

Latin

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