When problems occurred during the launch, it was necessary to 'abort'.
He made several 'aborted' [='abortive'] attempts to escape.
I suggest that you 'abort' the project.
(..) We won't fly there in the space shuttle... ...or drive in some gaudy, tacky limo. No, let's take your car. How about? This way. Ned to driver, abort. Abort, abort. Move it out right now. I totally missed it. She came right up to me, I should've kissed her. And I froze. Hey, don't worry. (..)2009 17 Again