Sample Sentences forabort (editor-reviewed)
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Mission Control ordered the crew to abort the launch when sensors detected a fuel leak just thirty seconds before liftoff.abort = call off
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After many difficult conversations, she chose to abort the pregnancy.abort = terminate or end
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When the hiking trail became too treacherous in the fog, they decided to abort the summit attempt and turn back.abort = call off
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After an hour and a half of sustained wind, NASA gave the order to abort. (source)abort = call off the planned action
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The little group of defenders shoved them back, sinking two destroyers and damaging nine other ships, shooting down two bombers, and forcing the Japanese to abort, their first loss of the war. (source)abort = call off their attack
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The screen answered: WARNING: COMMAND EXECUTION ABORTED (source)aborted = terminated (stopped) before completion
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He started plodding north from tidewater in February, but his enthusiasm fizzled on the lower reaches of the Ruth Glacier, still thirty miles from the peak, so he aborted the attempt and retreated to Talkeetna. (source)aborted = terminated (stopped) before completion
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I couldn't see her face, but the small creaking sound in her throat seemed to mean Abort!† (source)
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His eyes glanced momentarily at me, and his lips parted with an abortive attempt at a laugh. (source)abortive = stopped before completionstandard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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This was late, but not late enough to warrant aborting the mission.† (source)
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He hadn't tried to do this with anyone except abortively with the psychiatrist and with Paul and Joia.† (source)
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I almost aborted her, though. (source)aborted = ended the pregnancy with
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As far as I know, that was the only time Billy and Ricky had to literally abort the mission!† (source)
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Although I'm certain Mr. Fuller filled his ear about it, Dad made no comment on our abortive test.† (source)
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I thought of aborting.† (source)
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Seivarden gestured abortively, arms still tightly crossed, one elbow lifting slightly.† (source)
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