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English noun: abort | |||
| 1. | abort (act) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed | ||
| Samples | I wasted a year of my life working on an abort. He sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
English verb: abort | |||
| 1. | abort (change) terminate before completion | ||
| Samples | Abort the mission. Abort the process running on my computer. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, terminate | ||
| 2. | abort (body) cease development, die, and be aborted | ||
| Samples | An aborting fetus. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||
| 3. | abort (body) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | miscarry | ||
| Entail | conceive | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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