abductor

One who seizes

An abductor is a person who takes someone away by force or deception—a kidnapper.

The abductor demanded ransom for the child's release.

In anatomy, an abductor is a muscle that moves a limb away from the body's midline, opposite of an adductor.

kidnapper

ransom

Payment for captive's release

blindfold · trafficking · snatch · hideout · demands · missing · amber · alert · search · escape

muscle

hip

Fashionable or pelvic joint

  • thighLeg between hip, knee
  • thumbShort opposable digit
  • toeFoot's small digit

flexor · extensor · tendon · insertion · origin · innervation · gluteal · piriformis · sartorius · lateral

alien

extraterrestrial

Being from outer space

  • UFOUnidentified aerial craft
  • spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
  • probeThorough examination or tool

contactee · Roswell · Area 51 · spacecraft · ET · sci-fi · otherworldly · interstellar · tractor beam · mothership

Categories
Opposites
role in captivity

abductorliberator

One who frees others

rescuer · abductee · savior · releaser · victim

muscle function

abductoradductor

Muscle pulling toward center

Phrases
Family

abduct, abduction, abducted, abducting, abductors

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