"abducting" in the verb sense
1. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
2. abduct
pull away from the body
"this muscle abducts"
"abducting" in the adjective sense
1. abducent, abducting
especially of muscles drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
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