abort

Noun

• 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
    

Verb

• terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

• cease development, die, and be aborted
  • an aborting fetus
    

• terminate before completion
  • abort the mission
    
  • abort the process running on my computer