End

2 words in this vocabulary list

verb to officially end or put an end to something, such as a law or system

  • The government decided to abolish the outdated law.
  • Let's abolish the rule that says we can't bring food into the library.
  • I say we abolish this dumb curfew.
  • She wanted to abolish all negative thoughts from her mind.

noun the act of aborting a pregnancy or mission

verb to terminate a pregnancy before the fetus is able to survive outside the uterus

  • The doctors had to abort the surgery due to complications.
  • They had to abort the mission because of bad weather.
  • Let's abort this plan, it's not going to work out.
  • I had to abort my original idea and come up with a new plan.