Abort

(noun.) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; 'I wasted a year of my life working on an abort'; 'he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area'.

(verb.) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion.

(verb.) cease development, die, and be aborted; 'an aborting fetus'.

(verb.) terminate before completion; 'abort the mission'; 'abort the process running on my computer'.

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• When the colour is absent from only one of the two upper petals, the nectary is not quite aborted but is much shortened. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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