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abortion

/əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/

An illustration for abortion

noun

a medical operation to end the time when a female is going to have a baby

  • “I tell you that I am personally against abortion.”Tatoeba
  • “Abortion is an act, a most violent act.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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