All abort synonyms
a·bort
A a verb abort
- cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
- scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- scrap — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- miscarry — to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- check — Check is also a noun.
- call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
- lay off — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- call it quits — to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- knock it off — stop it
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- call a halt — to put an end (to something); stop
- cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
noun abort
- abend — (computing) An abnormal termination of a program.