The pharmaceutical company agreed to ______ the clinical trials after several participants experienced adverse cardiovascular events.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. terminate
- Step 1: Analyze clinical trial safety context: When participants suffer adverse events, safety mandates stopping the trial.
- Step 2: The verb meaning to bring to an end or halt is 'terminate'.
Answer
terminate.
Why not the others: 'accelerate' and 'escalate' mean to speed up or intensify; 'commence' means to begin.
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