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adjective

as in miscarrying

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verb

present participle of abort
as in canceling
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 aborting
Verb
After aborting a Starship test flight last week, SpaceX plans to try again this Thursday evening. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026 Meanwhile, Antonelli made the mistake of aborting his lap, thinking there were double yellow flags. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The crew coordinated with air traffic control and performed a go-around, which involves aborting a landing attempt and climbing away from the runway, to avoid an American Airlines plane that was departing from an intersecting runway, The Guardian reported. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026 Just before Sunday’s collision, controllers were dealing with another plane that had declared an emergency after aborting a takeoff and smelling an odor on the plane. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 An investigation by the Spanish outlet La Marea uncovered contracts that restricted women’s movements during pregnancy, including clauses prohibiting travel abroad or aborting the fetus. — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025 San-ho enters the code, aborting the strike. — Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aborting
  1. infertile
  2. canceling
  3. abandoning
  4. scrapping
  5. revoking
Adjective
  • This might ensure that the female’s own genes get passed on, just in case her nesting partner is infertile.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026
  • The fact that [Ruben] is infertile and what that means to his manhood, and his ability to be masculine and reproduce and have a son.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Definition of infertile
Verb
  • Hurricane Lala disrupted travel between Los Angeles and Hawaii on Saturday, canceling flights from LAX to destinations across the islands as the Category 1 storm approached the Big Island.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Saving Parini the bother of canceling the interview, Borges gamely offers to join him on a road trip to Orkney.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of canceling
Verb
  • Nessel says the party is abandoning civil discourse—making the August gathering a powder keg.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Not abandoning something tedious that was never wanted in the first place, but stepping away from work that was chosen and mattered, at the first small snag.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandoning
Verb
  • But local politicians and parties to the settlement say scrapping the Biden-era pact would require years of federal review and public engagement.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Feeney said to me in an email that Best in Class shows contestants second-guessing concepts, scrapping ideas and adjusting their approach before reaching the final product.
    — Jacqueline Jevtich, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrapping
Verb
  • In January, major grain traders withdrew from the soy moratorium, which helped slash deforestation over its nearly two decades in effect, after top soy-producing states passed bills revoking tax benefits for participating companies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The rollbacks include eliminating greenhouse gas regulations, expanding fossil fuel production, revoking the 2009 EPA Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, exiting the Paris Agreement and more.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of revoking

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