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  {
    "word": "abort",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u0254\u02d0t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u0254\u02d0t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u0254\u0279t/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/abort-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1755034",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The function used to abort a process.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An event involving the abort of a process.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We've had three aborts over the last two days."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abort"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "abort",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u0254\u02d0t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u0254\u02d0t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u0254\u0279t/",
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          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To terminate a process prior to completion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abort"
    ]
  }
]