as in to cancel
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite
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Recent Examples of abort
The pilot has 10 seconds to revoke the decision before Safe Return kicks in, though the process can be aborted at any point.
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Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
Three of them were completed, but the most recent attempt, involving Thomas Eugene Creech, was aborted last year after execution team members were unable to successfully establish an IV line after eight attempts in Creech's arms and legs.
—CBS News, 30 Apr. 2025
The appetite was always there (in 1921 there were approximately 150 women’s football clubs, with some games drawing up to 45,000 fans) but the seeds of infrastructure had been decimated, even aborted.
—Katie Baron, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The pilots performed a go-around, a standard aviation maneuver in which the pilot aborts a landing due to safety concerns and climbs to a safer altitude to attempt the approach again.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
Three of them were completed, but the most recent attempt, involving Thomas Eugene Creech, was aborted last year after execution team members were unable to successfully establish an IV line after eight attempts in Creech's arms and legs.
—CBS News, 30 Apr. 2025
The appetite was always there (in 1921 there were approximately 150 women’s football clubs, with some games drawing up to 45,000 fans) but the seeds of infrastructure had been decimated, even aborted.
—Katie Baron, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The pilots performed a go-around, a standard aviation maneuver in which the pilot aborts a landing due to safety concerns and climbs to a safer altitude to attempt the approach again.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abort
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Musk has faced fierce backlash over his drastic cuts to the government's budget, including canceling thousands of federal jobs, and the dismantling of entire agencies.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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The news came just days after the Trump administration canceled funding for Moderna to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic flu viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu, despite promising early study results.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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How private resorts are changing travel Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons a cherished perk Travel Troubeshooter: Denied boarding on my flight home.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Elder Scrolls Online, like any other MMO, is the type of game many players spend hundreds of even thousands of hours playing over the course of several years, so asking them to abandon an account with that type of legacy just to play with someone on another platform is a very big ask.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The stage is now set for the NFLPA’s Committee on Agent Regulation and Discipline (CARD) to suspend France, or perhaps revoke his agent certification entirely.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Within just three months, more than 1,000 Chinese nationals had their visas revoked, and the order remained in place under former President Joe Biden.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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To save costs, modifications recommended for the Electra after the Hawaii crash—stronger radios, better direction-finding gear, upgrades to the emergency equipment—were scaled back or scrapped.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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That drop was scrapped, but the Air Force 1 Low is now slated to release in the fall.—
Ian Servantes for Footwear News,
Robb Report,
1 June 2025
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“Abort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abort. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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