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Kidnap

To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.

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Impress 76% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Shanghai 76% connected

To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

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Seize 76% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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Abduction 74% connected

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

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Abduction 74% connected

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

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Kidnapper 74% connected

One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.

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Kidnapper 74% connected

One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.

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Abduct 92% connected

To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snatch 92% connected

To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Affright noun · 78% connection

Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.

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Afraid p. a. · 78% connection

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

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Agoraphobia noun · 78% connection

a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)

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Appall adjective · 78% connection

To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome wi…

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Apprehend verb · 78% connection

To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

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Assume verb · 78% connection

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Autophoby noun · 78% connection

Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical.

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Awful adjective · 78% connection

Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.

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Carry verb · 78% connection

To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account…

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Coercion noun · 78% connection

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

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Compel verb · 78% connection

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Conquer verb · 78% connection

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to…

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Coriolis force noun · 78% connection

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

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Counterpoise noun · 78% connection

An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

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Deter verb · 78% connection

To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.

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Diamagnetic noun · 78% connection

Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…

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Farad noun · 78% connection

The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equ…

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Force noun · 78% connection

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…

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