Abort

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Abort

  1. To cut short or break off an action, operation, or procedure with an aircraft, space vehicle, or the like, especially because of equipment failure, as to abort a mission, or the launching was aborted.
  1. An aircraft, space vehicle, or the like that aborts.
  1. An act or instance of aborting.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use