as in to cancel
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 abort
In fact, three aircrafts had to abort landing the day before, while eight reported the runway as slippery.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Two commercial flights were forced to abort landings at Reagan National Airport due to a military helicopter.
—David Shepardson, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Runway incursions captured national attention again most recently after a Southwest Airlines plane had a close call with a private jet that entered a runway at Chicago Midway Airport on Feb. 25, prompting the Southwest pilots to abort landing to avoid a potential crash.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
Air travel safety There was a close call at Chicago’s Midway International Airport on Tuesday as a private jet entered a runway without authorization and forced a Southwest Airlines plane to abort its landing.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Two commercial flights were forced to abort landings at Reagan National Airport due to a military helicopter.
—David Shepardson, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Runway incursions captured national attention again most recently after a Southwest Airlines plane had a close call with a private jet that entered a runway at Chicago Midway Airport on Feb. 25, prompting the Southwest pilots to abort landing to avoid a potential crash.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
Air travel safety There was a close call at Chicago’s Midway International Airport on Tuesday as a private jet entered a runway without authorization and forced a Southwest Airlines plane to abort its landing.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abort
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But this sort of work would require close collaboration with Chinese researchers, at just the time when those collaborations are being scrutinized or canceled.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
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United, which accounts for about 70% of Newark’s traffic, has been forced to cancel dozens of flights daily.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
19 May 2025
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When Lollapalooza first announced that Olivia and Sabrina Carpenter were headlining this summer (along with Tyler, the Creator and Rüfüs Du Soul), with Abrams also in a top slot, there was the predictable gnashing of teeth that Lollapalooza is abandoning its precious rock heritage.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2025
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President mulls joining Russia-Ukraine peace talks, expects ceasefire With Russian forces now in control of close to a fifth of Ukraine, Putin has held fast to his longstanding demands for Kyiv to cede territory, abandon its NATO membership ambitions and become a neutral country.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Verb
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The Administration sought to revoke the immigration status of thousands of international students in April.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
20 May 2025
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But weeks into Trump’s second term, Noem revoked the TPS extension for a large group of Venezuelans, effective April 7.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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But that idea gets scrapped not long after it’s introduced.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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Some schools have scrapped lessons describing the U.S. as a nation of immigrants.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 May 2025
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“Abort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abort. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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