How to say "abort" in Japanese

• 打ち切るうちきるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers the sense of aborting something already under way: you stop or discontinue it before it finishes, as with a mission, plan, or project. This is the word for that general, non-technical sense.
  この交渉こうしょうを打ち切うちきりたい。↗

  We want to break off this negotiation.
• アボートCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe loanword from English. In computing it is used when a program or operation aborts, and in medical language it refers to abortion. For aborting a mission, plan, or project, use 打ち切る.

Use 「打ち切る」 to abort something already under way, such as a mission, plan, or project; 「アボート」 is the loanword, used for technical aborts as in computing and for abortion in medical language.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 打ち切るうちきるto stop
• アボートabort
• 堕ろすおろすto abort (a fetus)
• 流すながすto cause a miscarriage
• 下ろすおろすto expel from the body (e.g. worms)