Abduct and Pull

Abduct

Abduct verb - Pull away from the body.
Usage example: this muscle abducts

Pull and abduct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pull" instead a verb "Abduct".

Nearby Words: abduction, abductor, abducting

Pull

Pull verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.

Abduct and pull are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abduct" instead a verb "Pull".

Nearby Words: pulled, pulling, puller

Common collocations

man abduct man pull man
people abduct people pull people
time abduct time pull time

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / Hitler Rants Some Fegel-Aliens abduct Hitler from his bunker at night to pull an antic on him.
  • Film / Ghostbusters (1984) Batman Gambit: Vigo and Janosz pull one when they decide to abduct Dana too, by having Janosz kidnap Oscar, knowing Dana would come to the museum to get him.
  • Alien Abduction Although Pratchett hasn't seen fit to pull this off on Discworld (yet), one of his footnotes does poke fun at this trope, remarking that so many aliens seem to hang around isolated backwoods roads, waiting to abduct humans, that they keep screwing up and abducting one another.
Cite this Source
Pull and Abduct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abduct/pull
Abduct & Pull. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abduct/pull>.
Pull or Abduct. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abduct/pull.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "abduct" and "pull" have occurred on timeline