abduct
v.
kidnap, carry off by force (especially of a person); pull away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy)
Abduct
abduct
Verb
1. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
(synonym) kidnap, nobble, snatch
(hypernym) seize
(hyponym) shanghai, impress
(derivation) abduction
(classification) crime, law-breaking
2. pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
(antonym) adduct
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(derivation) abduction
Abduct
(v. t.)
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
(v. t.)
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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abduct
verb
to pull away from the centre line of the body
vocal folds abducted = normal condition of the vocal cords in quiet breathing