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abduction

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Noun

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

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