Abort

Noun

 * 1)  The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
 * 2)  The function used to abort a process.
 * 3)  An event involving the abort of a process.
 * We've had three aborts over the last two days.
 * 1)  An early termination of a mission.
 * We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
 * 1)  To discontinue aircraft takeoff or missile launch.
 * 2)  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.

Thesaurus
abandon; belay; cancel; cease; close; conclude; cut it out; desist; determine; discontinue; drop it; end; finish; finish up; give over; go amiss; go astray; go wrong; halt; have done with; hold; knock it off; lay off; leave off; miscarry; perorate; quit; refrain; relinquish; renounce; resolve; scrap; scratch; scrub; stay; stop; terminate; wind up

Verb

 * 1)  To miscarry; to bring forth something prematurely.
 * 2)   To cause a premature termination whether of a foetus or more generally of anything that has been begun.
 * 3)  To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
 * 4)  To terminate a process prior to completion.
 * 5)  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.

Derived terms

 * abortee
 * aborter
 * abortifacient
 * abortion
 * abortive
 * abortment
 * abortorium
 * abortus