abort
/ə'bɔrt/
verbnoun
5 letters2 syllables7 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
VERB
1
Cease development, die, and be aborted.
“an aborting fetus”
2
Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion.
3
NOUNTerminate before completion.
“abort the mission”
“abort the process running on my computer”
1
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”
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®8 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinabortway
Starts & ends withA … T
Syllablesa · bort
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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