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ABDUCT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull away from the body

Example:

this muscle abducts

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abduct" is one way to...):

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

adduct (draw a limb towards the body)

Derivation:

abduction ((physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body)

abductor (a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

Example:

The industrialist's son was kidnapped

Synonyms:

abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "abduct" is one way to...):

seize (take or capture by force)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abduct"):

impress; shanghai (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

abduction (the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife)

abductor (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))

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