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How to pronounce abort in English?

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Type Words
Type of pass away, pop off, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, perish, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, snuff it


an aborting fetus.
Type Words
Type of expel, exhaust, release, discharge, eject
Has types miscarry
Derivation abortion
Type Words
Type of terminate, end
Derivation abortion, abortive


abort the mission.
abort the process running on my computer.
Type Words
Type of termination, ending, conclusion


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.

Examples of abort

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The students posed as donors who wanted their money to help abort a black child.
From the washingtontimes.com
It went completely sideways as it tried to descend and had to abort its landing.
From the metro.co.uk
After the Challenger disaster, there were extensive upgrades to the abort modes.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As she lay on the prison floor, Hwang demanded that she abort the fetus herself.
From the time.com
Why the formation had not received the abort order sooner remains controversial.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Engineers will use the test results to help design Orion's launch abort system.
From the upi.com
Blinded by the fog, that pilot was forced to turn around and abort the mission.
From the time.com
Israel warned the vessels to abort their mission, describing it as a provocation.
From the denverpost.com
She had to immediately abort the procedure and wake him up to protect his life.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
  • 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"
  • Cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"
  • Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
  • (abortion) miscarriage: failure of a plan
  • Abort is the second album from the Boston, MA alternative band Tribe. It is also their major label debut after being signed up by Warner Bros. Records. The album was released in 1991, a year after "Here at the Home".
  • In a computer or data transmission system, to abort means to , usually in a controlled manner, a processing activity because it is impossible or undesirable for the activity to proceed. Such an action may be accompanied by information on the aborted process.
  • Abort (English: Abortion) is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Vibeke Lu00F8kkeberg. It follows a young girl from the moment she discovers that she is pregnant, to the point where a doctor makes the decision about whether she is granted an abortion.
  • Aborted is a Belgian death metal band that formed in Waregem, in 1995. The group consists of vocalist, founder, and only constant member since the band's inception, Sven de Caluwu00E9, guitarists Danny Tunker and Mendel Bij De Leij, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. Although based in Belgium, Aborted's band members are from Belgium, The Netherlands and the United States...