transcription, транскрипция: [ əbɔ:(r)t ]
( aborts, aborting, aborted)
1.
If an unborn baby is aborted , the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. ( FORMAL )
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
...tissue from aborted fetuses.
VERB : V n , V-ed
2.
If someone aborts a process, plan, or activity, they stop it before it has been completed.
The decision was made to abort the mission...
VERB : V n