abort
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Synonyms & Antonyms for abort
Synonyms: Verb
abandon, call, call off, cancel, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of abort in a Sentence
Verb
They decided to abort the pregnancy. abort the launch of a rocket I suggest that you abort the project. The mission had to be aborted. When problems occurred during the launch, it was necessary to abort.
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But that attempt was aborted just before liftoff, likely because of an issue with the igniter on Starhopper’s Raptor engine, Musk said. — Mike Wall, Scientific American, "SpaceX Starhopper Rocket Prototype Aces Highest (and Final) Test Flight," 28 Aug. 2019 Recently, for several consecutive years, the number of black babies aborted in New York City was higher than the number of black infants born there. — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, "Laurence Tribe’s Fact-Free Defense of Abortion Rights," 13 Aug. 2019 Starhopper's successful run came one day after a hop attempt was aborted three seconds after the Raptor engine fired up. — Jackie Wattles, CNN, "SpaceX's massive Starship prototype lifts off," 26 July 2019 Media reports said the launch was aborted after ISRO scientists identified a leak while filling helium in the rocket's cryogenic engine. — NBC News, "India launches unmanned moon mission a week after it was aborted," 22 July 2019 These Bibles never made it to the moon either, because the landing attempt was aborted. — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, "Spaceflight and Spirituality, a Complicated Relationship," 16 July 2019 Trump attempted to visit during a trip to Korea in November 2017, but the plan was aborted after Marine One encountered bad weather, forcing it to return to Seoul. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Trump tweets at Kim Jong Un to meet him at the DMZ," 28 June 2019 But two senior United States officials said again on Friday that the military had received the president’s go-ahead and that jets were headed toward targets in Iran when the mission was aborted. — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, "Trump Says He Was ‘Cocked and Loaded’ to Strike Iran, but Pulled Back," 21 June 2019 There’s some drama to the launch because the previous one, in October, was aborted just 57 miles up when a sensor malfunction prompted the crew capsule to separate from the rocket and booster assembly. — National Geographic, "Countdown to a new era inSpace," 17 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The Dragon capsule exploded just half a second before the abort thrusters fired. — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, "A Leaky Component Caused the SpaceX Crew Dragon Explosion," 15 July 2019 The simulated abort came just 11 days before Apollo was scheduled to take off for real. — William Harwood, CBS News, "The inside story of Apollo 11's nail-biting descent to the surface of the moon," 15 July 2019 At 25 weeks a fetus weighs around a pound and a half and is over a foot long; some of those Dr Carhart aborts are older. — The Economist, "What explains Donald Trump’s war on late-term abortions?," 22 Aug. 2019 The Crew Dragon in question was launched on a successful unpiloted test flight to the station in March and was being prepared for an in-flight test of its emergency abort system. — William Harwood, CBS News, "Explosion that destroyed SpaceX Crew Dragon is blamed on leaking valve," 15 July 2019 Congratulations to our @NASA_Orion team on a successful test of the launch abort system! — Fox News, "Watch NASA launch its Orion Moon capsule atop a missile in spectacular safety test," 3 July 2019 The launch abort system won’t be needed for Artemis 1 as the first test mission won’t carry astronauts. — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, "NASA’s Orion astronaut capsule endures intense test over the Space Coast. Up next: The moon," 2 July 2019 Last October, a launch abort system on a Russian rocket saved the lives of two astronauts. — NBC News, "NASA launches Orion crew capsule to test abort system," 2 July 2019 Work on the launch abort system largely has been conducted at Johnson Space Center in Houston. — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, "Here's how to watch NASA's test of Orion abort system live today," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'abort.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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abort
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abort
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