To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile
{f} end a pregnancy; cancel, call off; fail; (Computers) stop a procedure in progress or a program in operation (especially suddenly or abnormally)
If someone aborts a process, plan, or activity, they stop it before it has been completed. The decision was made to abort the mission
If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child. tissue from aborted fetuses