[{"word":"aborting","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To terminate a process prior to completion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abort","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aborting"]}]