aborted
adjective
abort·ed
ə-ˈbȯr-təd 
1
: stopped before completion especially because of problems or danger
an aborted rocket launch
2
: failing to achieve the desired result : ending without success : abortive
He made several aborted attempts to escape.
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Harris’s aborted presidential campaign clarified for Democrats what Republicans already knew — that the former California senator cannot live up to the standards her image-makers set ...
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 22 July 2024
But the company said later the failure was the result of a liquid oxygen propellant leak and that the stage survived the aborted engine firing.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 July 2024
Dozens of his followers spread out at an intersection beneath a punishing sun, handing out pamphlets and displaying 5-foot signs of aborted fetuses.
—ProPublica, 10 July 2024
In addition to the aborted Monday spacewalk, the federal agency has been aiming to carry out another on July 2 — before giving Boeing’s Starliner capsule the green light to undock from the orbiting laboratory and make its return home.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 June 2024
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 22 July 2024
But the company said later the failure was the result of a liquid oxygen propellant leak and that the stage survived the aborted engine firing.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 July 2024
Dozens of his followers spread out at an intersection beneath a punishing sun, handing out pamphlets and displaying 5-foot signs of aborted fetuses.
—ProPublica, 10 July 2024
In addition to the aborted Monday spacewalk, the federal agency has been aiming to carry out another on July 2 — before giving Boeing’s Starliner capsule the green light to undock from the orbiting laboratory and make its return home.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 June 2024
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“Aborted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aborted. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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