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abduct
verb
Pull away from the body
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æbˈdʌkt
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verb
Pull away from the body
“This muscle abducts”
verb
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
“The industrialist's son was kidnapped”
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This muscle abducts
The industrialist's son was kidnapped
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