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Meaning of abort

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  abort
      n 1: 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"
      v 1: terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort
           the process running on my computer"
      2: cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"
      3: terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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