abort

noun

• A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
• The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
• An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.

  "We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches."

• The function used to abort a process.
• An event involving the abort of a process.

  "We've had three aborts over the last two days."