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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
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission.
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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.
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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.
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Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Nov. 2025
San-ho enters the code, aborting the strike.
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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.
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Adam England,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission.
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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.
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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.
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Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Nov. 2025
San-ho enters the code, aborting the strike.
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aborting
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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.
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Queen wasps can live up to a year, while worker wasps, infertile females that build and defend the nest, live two to three weeks.
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What to pack and how to prepare Kids’ ears are more sensitive than adults’, so bring kid-sized earplugs or noise-canceling headphones.
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In 2024, Joe Biden sailed to the Democratic presidential nomination after a primary process that was little more than a formality, with the Florida Democratic Party even cancelling its primary in March to anoint Biden.
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Now, following intense backlash from local communities, a series of lawsuits and a leadership shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security, the agency appears to be abandoning the initiative – a dramatic shift away from a plan that had already seen spending upwards of $1 billion.
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Driven by a growing panic over fast-evolving Chinese tech competitors, the old-world rivals are abandoning the tradition of corporate secrecy.
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On both counts, though, Book is cautiously optimistic that Congress might reverse course on scrapping those programs.
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Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
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Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
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The city of Monroe intends to reverse its vote on revoking the funding agreement for the controversial Interstate 77 South toll lane project.
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“Aborting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aborting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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