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How to pronounce abduct in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms kidnap, nobble, snatch
Type of seize
Has types impress, shanghai
Derivation abduction, abductor
Type Words
Type of draw, pull
Derivation abduction, abductor


this muscle abducts.

Examples of abduct

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Israel said Hamas had dug a tunnel and was planning to abduct Israeli soldiers.
From the economist.com
He claimed that a kidnapper had only that brief opportunity to abduct the girl.
From the ocregister.com
The woman, then 8, was with Melissa Ackerman when Dugan tried to abduct them both.
From the dailyherald.com
On such a night, the man and his friends will abduct the woman to his cottage.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Concerned that the Cubans might try to abduct him, it provided him with bodyguards.
From the washingtonpost.com
Garrido said he could not go into detail about why he chose to abduct Dugard.
From the cnn.com
Although Clarke was willing to keep an eye on Hovel, he refused to abduct the baby.
From the abcnews.go.com
A mad scientist orders a band of Cyclops to abduct children and steal their dreams.
From the usatoday.com
Not that they ask nicely, because they abduct the Doctor and sidekicks Amy and Rory.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Kidnap: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
  • Pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
  • (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
  • Abducted is the fourth studio album released by Hypocrisy. It is the album where the band started to change their sound. On this release melodic death metal was brought into their original death metal sound. ...
  • (Abducted (Invader Zim)) Invader Zim, branded as "Invader ZIM," is an American animated television series that was produced by, and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. ...
  • (Abduction!) Abduction! by Peg Kehret, is a novel about a 13 year old girl named Bonnie who searches for her brother Matt and their dog Pookie who were both abducted.
  • (Abduction (2011 film)) Abduction is an upcoming American thriller film, directed by John Singleton, and starring Taylor Lautner, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello and Alfred Molina. ...
  • (Abduction (Death Note episode)) The Japanese animation television series Death Note, is based on the manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. ...
  • (Abduction (logic)) Abduction is a kind of logical inference described by Charles Sanders Peirce as "guessing" . The term refers to the process of arriving at an explanatory hypothesis. ...