abort -- (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")
Overview of verb abort
The verb abort has 3 senses
abort -- (terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer")
abort -- (cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus")
abort -- (terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion)