aborts
v. B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈbɔɹts// UK //ɐbˈɔːts// aborts
v. to stop a process or a flight before it is finished. You use this when something goes wrong and you need to leave immediately.
v. to terminate a process, flight, or mission before its completion, typically due to an emergency or failure.
The pilot had to abort the landing because of heavy rain.
The software automatically aborts the download if the connection drops below a certain speed.
Mission control decided to abort the launch sequence at T-minus thirty seconds when a minor sensor malfunction was detected in the primary engine.