abduction
/æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
- British English: /əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/