abduction

Definitions

1. Leading away; a carrying away.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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.
   countable, uncountable
3. A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
   countable, uncountable
4. The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
   countable, uncountable
5. Alien abduction.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise⟳ the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down.”

“The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process⟳ of reasoning.”

“the abduction of a child”

“Saturday’s actions – the abduction of [Venezuelan] President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to face⟳ federal drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., and the deadly bombings of military installations and some civilian buildings across the country – had “Trump Corollary” written all over them.”

“But fear of abduction never stopped a good ufologist.”

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