abort

nouns

the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
"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"
abort
is a type of (narrower)
the act of ending something
"the termination of the agreement"
conclusion, ending, termination

verbs

terminate before completion
"abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
abort
is derived from
abortive
is derived from
abortion
is a type of (narrower)
bring to an end or halt
"She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
end, terminate
cease development, die, and be aborted
"an aborting fetus"
abort
is a type of (narrower)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
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
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
abort
is derived from
abortion
entails
become pregnant; undergo conception
"She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
conceive
is a type of (narrower)
eliminate (a substance)
"combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release