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Word entry · 6 letters

abduct

Best crossword clue

"Carry off by force"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /æbˈdʌkt/Part of speech verbSorted abcdtuStarts with AEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. pull away from the body

Word origin

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”).

Used in a sentence

  • to abduct children
  • I was abducted by aliens.
  • That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.

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