Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Scrub (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ABORT
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Notes
The answer ABORT is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cancel
Halt
Cancel a flight
Cancel, as a launch
Cancel a launching
Cancel a mission
Cut short
End prematurely
Halt prematurely
Scrap a project
Scrub a flight
Scrub a launch
Scrub at NASA
Call off a takeoff
Cancel a missile launch
Cancel, NASA style
Cancel a space flight
Cancel, as a space flight
Cancel a space trip
Cut short, at Canaveral
Cut short a mission
End at an early stage
Scrub, NASA style
Verb in the space program
Cut short, NASA-style
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