āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to abort
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āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to stop and end a process before it finishes
Transitive: to abort a process
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The software installation had to be aborted because of compatibility issues.
āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϏāĻĢāĻāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāύāϏā§āĻāϞā§āĻļāύ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāϰā§āĻāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž
to terminate an undesired pregnancy before the fetus reaches a viable age
Transitive: to abort a pregnancy
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In some countries, it is legal for a woman to choose to abort a pregnancy within a certain timeframe.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻļā§, āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϧāĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ āϰā§āĻāύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of an embryonic organ) to stop developing or fail to reach full growth
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In some cases, the embryonic limb aborts, leaving it underdeveloped.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§, āĻā§āϰā§āĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
abortion
abortive
abort
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