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abort, v.
(aborted, aborting, aborts)
more info terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
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abort

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Somebody ----s
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derivationally related form
abortion
semantic pointers
hyponym
miscarry
entailment
conceive
hypernym
release, discharge, eject, exhaust, expel
more info cease development, die, and be aborted
<verb.body>

abort

sample sentences

"an aborting fetus"

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Something ----s
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hypernym
die, perish, pass away, go, expire, drop dead, croak, decease, exit, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, pop off, choke, snuff it
more info terminate before completion
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abort

sample sentences

"abort the mission"
"abort the process running on my computer"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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derivationally related form
abortive abortion
semantic pointers
hypernym
end, terminate