The Clue
End early (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ABORT
Tags
Notes
The answer ABORT is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cancel
Halt
Scrap
Scrub
Call off
Cancel the launch
Cancel, as a launch
Cancel a launching
Cancel a mission
Cut short
Discontinue the countdown
End prematurely
Nip in the bud
Scrap a mission
Scrub a launch
Scrub a mission
Scrub at NASA
Stop abruptly
"Stop it!"
Call off, as in an emergency
Call off a takeoff
Cancel a bombing mission
Cancel, NASA style
Cancel a space flight
Cancel, as a space flight
Cancel a space trip
Cut short, at Canaveral
End at an early stage
Scrub, as a space project
Stop a military mission
Stop a space mission
Verb in the space program
Call off, at Cape Canaveral
Cut short, NASA-style
Cut short a space trip
Definition
ABORT as a noun:
1. 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"
ABORT as a verb:
1. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
2. cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"
3. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion