abortion
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- noun
- /əˈbɔːrʃən/
- After multiple setbacks, the new marketing campaign faced an unfortunate abortion before its official launch.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd if it isn't correct, well, then we're a evolutionary abortion because that's who we are.
- And if it isn't correct, well, then we're a evolutionary abortion because that's who we are.
Examples
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The project was halted due to an unforeseen abortion that left the team scrambling to meet their deadlines.
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Spontaneous abortions occur in 1 out of 6 pregnancies; 60% of those have chromosomal abnormalities.
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Several reasons for flower and fruit abortion have been determined for other species.
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Altogether, nearly one-third of all abortions in the country are performed on women in schools.
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Few, if any, research projects have been conducted on the incidence of spontaneous abortions recorded in military hospitals.
Academic text (1992) -
The disease in animals is characterized by abortions among pregnant females and high mortality rates for offspring (1).
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The team's efforts led to an abrupt abortion of the plan, but they quickly pivoted to a new strategy.
Synonyms
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Failure of a plan or action to get the result people wanted
Antonyms
Compounds
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A medical procedure late in pregnancy where the unborn baby is partly delivered and then removed
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The rules a country or state has about when and how people can legally end a pregnancy
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A drug that ends a pregnancy by causing the body to remove the unborn baby
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Loss of a pregnancy that happens naturally before the baby is born
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A legal medical ending of a pregnancy to protect the mother's life or health
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A clinic that ends pregnancies and is criticized for doing many of them
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Tissue from a pregnancy that stays inside the womb after a miscarriage or abortion
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Bleeding or cramping in early pregnancy that may cause miscarriage but may not
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An illness that spreads among farm animals and makes pregnant animals lose their unborn young and can infect people
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Morphology
Etymology
Abortion comes from Latin parts ab- ('away') and oriri ('to rise' or 'be born'), so it once meant something that fails to be born; by metaphor it now also means a plan or project that stops and never reaches completion.