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# Using abort
Calling the [abort](../c-runtime-library/reference/abort.md) function causes immediate termination. It bypasses the normal destruction process for initialized global static objects. It also bypasses any special processing that was specified using the `atexit` function.  
  
## See Also  
 [Additional Termination Considerations](../cpp/additional-termination-considerations.md)