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Synonyms of abort in English:

abort


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verb

1‘I decided not to abort the pregnancy’

SYNONYMS
terminate, end
have an abortion

2‘this organism infects sheep and can cause pregnant ewes to abort’

SYNONYMS
miscarry, have a miscarriage

3‘the ‘escape’ key is used to abort the program’

SYNONYMS
halt, stop, end, call off, cut short, discontinue, terminate, arrest, suspend, check, nullify
informal scrub, axe, pull the plug on
ANTONYMS

continue, complete

4‘there are times when the mission aborts’

SYNONYMS
fail, come to a halt, end, terminate, miscarry, go wrong, not succeed, fall through, break down, be frustrated, collapse, founder, come to grief, fizzle out, flop
ANTONYMS

succeed, complete