Synonyms: abort
Definition: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
Usage: 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
Similar words: termination, conclusion, ending
Definition: the act of ending something
Usage: the termination of the agreement
Synonyms: abort
Definition: terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
Similar words: exhaust, expel, eject, discharge, release
Definition: eliminate (a substance)
Usage: combustion products are exhausted in the engine; the plant releases a gas
Synonyms: abort
Definition: cease development, die, and be aborted
Usage: an aborting fetus
Similar words: snuff it, buy the farm, choke, cash in one's chips, pop off, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, go, pass, pass away, perish, die, decease, conk, drop dead, croak, exit, expire
Definition: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Usage: She died from cancer; The children perished in the fire; The patient went peacefully; The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Synonyms: abort
Definition: terminate before completion
Usage: abort the mission; abort the process running on my computer
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I