abort
Halt before completion
Abort means to end something before completion.
A pregnancy can be aborted, terminating fetal development—the noun abortion refers to this procedure or its spontaneous occurrence (miscarriage).
Missions, launches, and operations abort when something goes wrong: Mission control aborted the launch at T-minus ten seconds.
In computing, abort stops a process or program mid-execution.
The word implies incompleteness by design or necessity.
Leave behind permanently
- discontinueTo stop doing
- terminateBring to an end
- haltComplete sudden stop
- stopCease all motion
suspend · cease · withdraw · scrub · call off · pull out · scrap · shelve
Steps toward a result
- threadFiber for stitching
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- executeCarry out fully
- terminateBring to an end
interrupt · exit · batch · command · error · exception · timeout · crash
Clean by rubbing hard
- launchSet into motion
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- ejectThrow out forcibly
evacuate · abandon · disengage · retreat · fallback · payload · spacecraft · runway
Pregnancy lost naturally
- fetusGestating offspring
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- embryoOrganism before birth
gestation · ultrasound · prenatal · placenta · obstetrics · gynecology · mifepristone · dilation
abandon
Leave behind permanently
- discontinueTo stop doing
- terminateBring to an end
- haltComplete sudden stop
stop · suspend · cease · withdraw · scrub · call off · pull out · scrap · shelve · drop
process
Steps toward a result
terminate · interrupt · exit · batch · command · error · exception · timeout · crash · kill
scrub
Clean by rubbing hard
eject · evacuate · abandon · disengage · retreat · fallback · payload · spacecraft · runway · takeoff
miscarriage
Pregnancy lost naturally
embryo · gestation · ultrasound · prenatal · placenta · obstetrics · gynecology · mifepristone · dilation · curettage
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- launcheslaunch, launched, rocket launch, blast off, satellite launch
- Computer Errorserror message, crash, warning, internal error, fatal error
- Space ShuttlesAtlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour
- Browser Eventsclick, load, submit, change, input
- Aviation Slangroger, mayday, pan-pan, squawk, affirmative
abortcontinue
Go on without stopping
proceed · carry on · complete · finish · carry through
abortcomplete
Lacking nothing, fully done
finish · accomplish · fulfill · conclude · carry to term
- abortion debateConflict over ending pregnancies
- abortion rightsFreedom to terminate pregnancy
- abortion clinicFacility providing pregnancy termination
- abortion lawsStatutes regulating pregnancy termination
- abortion banLaw forbidding pregnancy termination
- abortion pillsDrugs terminating early pregnancy
abortion, abortive, aborted, aborting, aborts, abortions, abortionist, abortionists