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Abort

Abort can mean: Abortion, a premature termination of pregnancy ending in the death of the embryo or fetus.
Early termination of some process, e.g.:
The early termination of a spaceflight, particularly a mode resulting in the return of the spacecraft to Earth. For more information, see Space Shuttle abort modes and Apollo abort modes.
Abort (computing), to terminate a computer processing or data transfer activity.
"Abort" is antiquated German for a toilet.

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Translation

The word "Abort" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Slovak.

Translation(s) in other languages: Spanish: Aborto, Russian: Аборт (значения).


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