To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
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.
To terminate a process prior to completion.
To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
The function used to abort a process.
An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
An event in which a process is aborted.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.