ABORT Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

abort

verb

ə-ˈbȯrt

Definition of abort

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 Flight Safety Foundation calls for layers of protection, including better training for pilots about when to abort flawed approaches to land. — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 The production of some vaccines involves growing viruses in human cell cultures from two fetuses aborted in the 1960s, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Teenage e-bikers on an Oakland County airport runway last week forced a pilot to abort his landing, taking the potential perils of e-bike misuse to a whole new level. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The company aborted a Thursday attempt after running the countdown clock to under 30 seconds. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for abort

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Cage previously starred in the first two Ghost Rider movies, a franchise now being revived by Ryan Gosling, and as Spider-Noir in both the animated Beyond the Spider-Verse films and the live-action series Prime Video just canceled.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
One Elk Grove City Council race is on the ballot this November, after two other races were canceled and the incumbents were appointed to new terms because no challengers filed to run.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of cancel

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Joe Raedle/Getty Images A North Miami Beach, Florida, mom is facing child neglect charges after allegedly abandoning her four children -- including a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old -- to go on a cruise to the Bahamas, according to court documents.

— Clara McMichael, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, the prime minister is having to claw back progressives who defected to the Green Party as left-wing factions abandoned Starmer’s Labour over the party’s stance on issues like net zero and the Gaza conflict.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of abandon

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In 2021, Cruz sought to revoke Major League Baseball’s century-old antitrust immunity after the MLB decided to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to a new Georgia voting law civil rights groups had criticized as restrictive.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
And in 2018 the administration revoked the credentials of CNN’s Jim Acosta, who successfully challenged his exclusion in court, a sequence that was repeated this week.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

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