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
The leader of an international pro-life organization lauded the Nativity scene set up by the Vatican that highlighted the more than 25,000 babies who were not aborted this year thanks to the group's outreach initiatives.
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Amazingly, Figgis also has access to footage of Coppola’s earlier, aborted attempts to make Megalopolis, featuring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Billy Crudup, Ryan Gosling, and Virginia Madsen — which just serves to highlight the ever-changing, fever-dream-like quality of the ultimate project.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Apparently, the plan was aborted after several FBI supervisors refused to cooperate, viewing it as inappropriate.
—The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
One of the most serious close calls was in March at Chicago's Midway International Airport, where a Southwest Airlines jet aborted landing and performed a go-around after a business jet entered the runway without authorization.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Amazingly, Figgis also has access to footage of Coppola’s earlier, aborted attempts to make Megalopolis, featuring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Billy Crudup, Ryan Gosling, and Virginia Madsen — which just serves to highlight the ever-changing, fever-dream-like quality of the ultimate project.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Apparently, the plan was aborted after several FBI supervisors refused to cooperate, viewing it as inappropriate.
—The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
One of the most serious close calls was in March at Chicago's Midway International Airport, where a Southwest Airlines jet aborted landing and performed a go-around after a business jet entered the runway without authorization.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aborted
Verb
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Residential garbage and recycling pickup scheduled for today has been canceled, according to the news release.—
Anne Li,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thus, the Special Plan Commission Meeting scheduled for February 2, 2026, has been canceled.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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According to the Humane Society of Greater Dayton, Derby and Summer are two Ohio terrier mix siblings who were part of a litter of six puppies discovered abandoned along a roadside and brought to a local shelter by a good Samaritan.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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Naturally, the remainder of the tour was abandoned and the royal couple immediately flew home from Kenya.—
Hope Coke,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Also, when Camp Century was decommissioned around five years after Project Iceworm was scrapped, the Army left hazardous waste behind, such as up to 52,000 gallons of diesel and radioactive materials, residues from the small nuclear reactor that had powered the base.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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She was set to co-host NBC’s telecast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan on Friday, but the trip was scrapped due to her family crisis.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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While the property is technically already zoned OCI for the Audrey Senior Residences, that will be revoked and then rezone for The Atlas.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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More than 60,000 visas would be revoked over the next three months.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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