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Definitions of abduct
  1. verb
    take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

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  2. verb
    pull away from the body
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  • paris (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
  • helen (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
  • 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
  • ramayana one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne
  • deltoid a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
  • musculus anconeus the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist
  • anconeous muscle the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist
  • musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis the abductor muscles of the little toe
  • deltoid muscle a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
  • musculus abductor hallucis the abductor muscle of the great toe
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