abort
/əˈbɔːt/ verb [T]Definition
STOP › to stop a process before it has finished: The take-off was aborted due to bad weather.
PREGNANCY › to end a pregnancy that is not wanted using a medical operation
(Definition of abort verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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