abort
- n 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 - v terminate before completion
abort the mission
abort the process running on my computer - v cease development, die, and be aborted
an aborting fetus - v terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
aborticide
- n a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- n the act of destroying a fetus
abortion-inducing drug
- n a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
abortion pill
- n an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU_486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo