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Defenition of the word wrest

    • Defenition of the word wrest

      • seize forcibly or violently; "wrest the knife from his hands"
      • take away with force; "She wrested the will from her brother's hands"
      • obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
      • obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

    Synonyms for the word wrest

      • extort
      • extract
      • force away
      • pull away
      • squeeze
      • wring

    Similar words in the wrest

      • wrest
      • wrested
      • wresting
      • wrestle
      • wrestled
      • wrestler
      • wrestler's
      • wrestlers
      • wrestles
      • wrestling
      • wrestling's
      • wrests

    Hypernyms for the word wrest

      • clutch
      • prehend
      • seize

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