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abduction
  1. Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17th century.]
  2. (physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17th century.]
  3. (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17th century.]
  4. The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18th century.]
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  6. Examples:
    1. “With respect to the abduction of the Egyptian ambassador, it was quite odd to see the ambassador leaving his house with no protection.”
      “It is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.”
      “The experience which abductees think of as an alien abduction experience may be due to certain brain states.”
abductor
  1. (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The abductor forcefully took the child, leaving the parents frantic and desperate for their safe return.”
      “The tennis player, ranked 67th in the world, is recovering from a torn abductor muscle in her thigh.”
      “He is a murderer and a child abductor but he doesn't go on the register for that.”
abductee
  1. An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens. [Late 20th century.]
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    1. “Of course the abductee lives in an ramshackle farmhouse on an island that gets surrounded by water as the tides come in.”
      “Sarah, a former abductee, plays with her young son in the Amuru camp for displaced persons in northern Uganda.”
      “In Japan a breakthrough would bolster the far right, which has long latched on to the abductee cause.”
abductor
  1. One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The abductor forcefully took the child, leaving the parents frantic and desperate for their safe return.”
      “The tennis player, ranked 67th in the world, is recovering from a torn abductor muscle in her thigh.”
      “He is a murderer and a child abductor but he doesn't go on the register for that.”
abductores
  1. plural of abductor. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
abductions
  1. plural of abduction
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    1. “Some 1.2 million people have been displaced so far and are forced to live in squalid camps set up by the army to protect them from abductions.”
      “I have read that stranger abductions are actually on the decline in the past couple of years.”
      “By mid-1976 abductions were running at an average of over five a day, and at least 9,000 desaparecidos never reappeared.”
abductees
  1. plural of abductee
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Terror in the face of potentially false memories was one issue McNally hoped to study with abductees.”
      “Hello, strange indentation in shin identical to the little depressions alien abductees believe are the points of insertion for their implants.”
      “Army helicopter gunships and MiG fighter planes lead the attacks but cannot distinguish between hardened officers and fresh abductees.”
abductors
  1. plural of abductor
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This exercise engages spinal extensors, hamstrings, abductors and stabilizers.”
      “Among the nine US citizens missing is a man known to have been kidnapped and whose abductors have threatened to kill him.”
      “It does a great job working your lower body, hitting the quads, glutes, abductors and adductors.”
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