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