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
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Though Davies planned to reunite the band for a tour in 2015, it was canceled when the musician was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that attacks plasma cells.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Last year, Romania controversially canceled the turnout of a presidential election that produced a victory for a far-right independent, arguing his campaign was backed by Russian interference and disqualifying his candidacy.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Before 2014, the building was abandoned and MIA wanted to tear it down.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Drummond is blamed for the deaths of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home's front yard in rural west Tennessee.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Spirit’s plan to launch service in Macon, Georgia, in mid-October also has been scrapped.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Sep. 2025
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But those plans were scrapped after the Disney-Fox merger, when Marvel put mutants on hold and turned its attention to expanding its interconnected multiverse of movies and TV shows.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Aborted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aborted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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