aborter
/əˈbɔːr.tər/
noun
- A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or as a political target.
- The film tells the story of an underground aborter in the days before legalization.
- The clinic was vandalized by protesters who called the doctor an aborter.
- In the debate, the politician used the term 'aborter' to refer to medical professionals who provide the procedure.
- A device or mechanism that causes an abortion or termination of a process.
- The rocket's automatic aborter kicked in when the engine failed.
- The safety system acts as an aborter for any dangerous sequence of events.
- The software includes an aborter that stops the installation if errors are detected.
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