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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Police said the Amber Alert was canceled earlier on Wednesday, adding that the case, which was turned over to the MSP, was now being investigated as a homicide.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Russia initially built for Egypt before Cairo canceled the contract would be delivered to Tehran instead.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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The number of remote job postings has declined, but this shift shouldn’t be seen as a signal to abandon what many knowledge workers value most.—
Duane Tursi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Based on the true story of Annie Silva Pais, daughter of Portugal’s secret police chief, who abandoned her life in 1965 to join the Cuban Revolution.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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Why is the Antiquities Act controversial? U.S. states and Congress have previously argued to revoke or restrict the limits of the president's powers under the Antiquities Act, saying it was intended to be narrow in scope.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70%.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 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 17 Jun. 2025.
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