Definitions for abort

abort a·bort

Spelling: [uh-bawrt]
IPA: /əˈbɔrt/

Abort is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in abort (abort).

Definitions for abort

noun

  1. a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to bring forth (a fetus) from the uterus before the fetus is viable.
  2. to cause (a pregnant female) to be delivered of a nonviable fetus.
  3. to cause to cease or end at an early or premature stage:
  4. to terminate (a missile flight, mission, etc.) before completion.
  5. to put down or quell in the early stages:

verb (used without object)

  1. to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.
  2. to develop incompletely; remain in a rudimentary or undeveloped state.
  3. to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage.
  4. Military. to fail to accomplish a purpose or mission for any reason other than enemy action.
  5. Rocketry. (of a missile) to stop before the scheduled flight is completed.

Origin of abort

1570-80; Latin abortus miscarried (past participle of aborīrī to disappear, miscarry) equivalent to ab- ab- + -or- come into being + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for abort

It was on that train I learned my first German word "abort" meaning bathroom.

They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton.

abort the middle there was au arm-hole with a shutter or flap over it.

All of a sudden, Mission Control (voiced by Ed Harris, paying homage to Apollo 13) orders the team to abort immediately.

Well, Sarah Palin is travelling across the country alerting people that “angry atheists” want to “abort Christ from Christmas.”

I've tried my best to abort this big bug, but I can't find anything amiss.

"I thought we'd abort this mission before we were through," he sneered.

And if I am to endure it much longer, I shall have to abort.

Stand with the pink-sneakered Texas legislator and her fight to allow mothers to abort babies past the 20th week of pregnancy?

Ellen makes her choice, and she throws herself down the stairs to abort the baby.

Word Value for abort
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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