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carry off

verb as in abduct

verb as in shanghai

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Or, perhaps, the finished speech had been left unattended by an open window and was carried off, a page at time, by strangely aggressive birds.

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The insensible widow was carried off to the nearest sofa and made comfortable there, but even after the administration of smelling salts and several stimulating spoonfuls of schnapps, she could not be fully roused.

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Simon Jones was carried off on a stretcher after a sickening knee injury and other plans fell at the first hurdle.

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Later Muhammad's body was carried off for burial.

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Supporters clapped and cheered the arrestees, with some being carried off by multiple officers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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