as in canceled
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 aborted
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 aborted
Verb
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At least one Halloween parade was canceled.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Benson Boone canceled his show at the Utilita Arena Birmingham in England an hour before his concert due to vocal issues and illness.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Charlie had been abandoned and then rescued and fostered by a man in Jacksonville.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Fianna Fail’s pick, former Gaelic football coach Jim Gavin, abandoned his bid due to a financial scandal.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Germany scrapped incentives to boost purchases of fully electric vehicles about two years ago, a policy change that led to a sharp drop in demand for fully electric vehicles, initially.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Shifts in the sequel’s production timeline meant that some plots and characters had to be scrapped, so they could instead be potentially explored in the third film.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Prosecutors have since petitioned to have his probation revoked.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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The administration has also detained and revoked the visas of several activists supportive of Palestinian causes.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Aborted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aborted. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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