aborted

past tense of abort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aborted
Verb
  • An author training session was canceled with no explanation.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The comedy series has been canceled after airing for four seasons on Apple TV+, its co-creator and stars confirmed.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In April 2023, Blue Island leveled another complaint against the nonprofit asking a judge to declare the property in violation of the city’s building codes, dangerous, unsafe and abandoned, court records show.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • They were abandoned in 1959 when outpaced by technology.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Aborted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aborted. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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