ABORTS

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Definition

noun
  1. A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
  2. The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
  3. An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
    “We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.”
verb
  1. (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
  2. To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
  3. To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.

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