Also means
to fail, fall through
Usage Note
Avorter covers both the medical sense ('to have a miscarriage or abortion') and the figurative sense of a plan failing. The related noun is avortement (abortion, failure). The transitive construction faire avorter un projet means 'to cause a plan to fail'.
Examples
"Le projet a avorté faute de financement."
Natural Translation
The project fell through due to lack of funding.

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