abductornoun [ C ]
uk/æbˈdʌk.tər/us/æbˈdʌk.tɚ/abductor noun [ C ] (PERSON)
a person who makes someone go somewhere with them, especially using threats or violence:
She was tortured by her abductors.
It is thought that the woman might have known her abductor.
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Murderers & attackers
- -basher
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- bandit
- butcher
- cyberbully
- death squad
- gunman
- highwayman
- hitman
- killer
- mugger
- murderer
- parricide
- poisoner
- regicide
- shooter
- slayer
- strangler
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abductor noun [ C ] (MUSCLE)
specialized medical a muscle that moves a part of the body away from the middle of the body or from another body part
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Substances & structures in the body
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- ansa
- atheroma
- caecum
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- hormonal
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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