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
But the Clinton administration aborted the idea out of fear that an attack could result in retaliation against South Korea and a broader war, and instead sought a diplomatic solution.
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Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Joe Biden aborted his re-election bid last year after a public meltdown on a debate stage.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Under the president’s new blueprints for NASA, the agency looks set to depend on Elon Musk’s outfit to loft future Moon explorers aboard the SpaceX Starship from the Kennedy Space Center as SLS flights are aborted.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Smokejumpers successfully jumped the Log Fire last night, after a morning attempt was aborted due to high winds.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Joe Biden aborted his re-election bid last year after a public meltdown on a debate stage.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Under the president’s new blueprints for NASA, the agency looks set to depend on Elon Musk’s outfit to loft future Moon explorers aboard the SpaceX Starship from the Kennedy Space Center as SLS flights are aborted.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Smokejumpers successfully jumped the Log Fire last night, after a morning attempt was aborted due to high winds.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abort
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An upcoming Chris Brown concert, scheduled to take place in Memphis, Tennessee, has been cancelled two weeks ahead of showtime.—
John Beifuss,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Future Ruins, the inaugural film-music festival run by Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, has been canceled.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
4 Oct. 2025
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The floater that has been such a huge part of his game abandoned him.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Twenty years prior to the present day of the movie, Ray Stoker (Day-Lewis) abandoned his family to live off the grid in a hut in the woods after a scarring incident during the conflict, which pitted Catholics against Protestants within Northern Ireland, and union loyalists against republicans.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors sought to detain seven of the 11 individuals without bail and to detain another in custody via a motion to revoke his current felony probation.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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Republicans in Congress called for the Attorney General to revoke her passport and cancel his visa.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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François Bayrou quit last month after trying to push through a savings plan that included scrapping two public holidays and freezing public spending.—
Ana Nicolaci da Costa,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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There were additional plans to film a retrospective episode, but that was also scrapped.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Abort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abort. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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