| abort | | |
| n. (act) | 1. abort | 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" |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| v. (change) | 2. abort | terminate before completion.; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| v. (body) | 3. abort | cease development, die, and be aborted.; "an aborting fetus" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| v. (body) | 4. abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion. |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ miscarry | suffer a miscarriage. |
| ~ eject, expel, exhaust, release, discharge | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| rub down | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off | wear away. |
| ~ excoriate, chafe | tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading.; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" |
| ~ wear away, wear off | diminish, as by friction.; "Erosion wore away the surface" |
| ~ rasp | scrape with a rasp. |
| v. (contact) | 2. knead, massage, rub down | manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes.; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
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