as in cancelled
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
Smokejumpers successfully jumped the Log Fire last night, after a morning attempt was aborted due to high winds.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Figgis also has access to footage of Coppola’s earlier, aborted attempts to make Megalopolis.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
SpaceX’s Starship's second shot at a 10th test flight Monday was aborted after weather conditions forced the company to halt liftoff from its South Texas site.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The money paid by mission specialists was absorbed directly into OceanGate’s operating account, with no guarantee of a refund or a future opportunity if a mission was canceled or aborted, according to the report.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Figgis also has access to footage of Coppola’s earlier, aborted attempts to make Megalopolis.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
SpaceX’s Starship's second shot at a 10th test flight Monday was aborted after weather conditions forced the company to halt liftoff from its South Texas site.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The money paid by mission specialists was absorbed directly into OceanGate’s operating account, with no guarantee of a refund or a future opportunity if a mission was canceled or aborted, according to the report.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aborted
Verb
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On Sunday night, the cancelled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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That proposal was canceled after bipartisan opposition in the Senate.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Tropicana abandoned the glass of orange juice just six weeks after rolling it out and brought back the old orange-with-a-straw.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The revision of Merriam’s unabridged masterpiece was abandoned.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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The cruise line previously scrapped stops there until October, amid ongoing violence in the country.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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His interest in aging fed into the closing joke of his 2017 special Live at Madison Square Garden, and would have been the inspiration for his 2022 directorial debut film, Being Mortal, if the film had not been scrapped following harassment complaints against star Bill Murray on set.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Aborted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aborted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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