The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABORT which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2013.
Scrub a mission crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABORT | 80 % | 5 |
| STOP | 20 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scrub a mission
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scour
- clean
- sweep
- scouring
- wipe
- scoured
- scrubbing
- wash
- cleanse
- cleaning
- check
- remove
Crossword Answer definitions
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.
- The function used to abort a process.
- An event involving the abort of a process.
- (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
- To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
- To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
- To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
- To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
- To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
- To terminate a process prior to completion.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ABORT
- Cut short
- Scrub a mission
- End
- Terminate prematurely
- Word shouted when trying to end a mission
- Mission-stopping command
- End early
- Cancel, at NASA
- Cancel a launch
- Cancel, as a mission