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WREST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

Example:

wrest power from the old government

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wrest" is one way to...):

seize (take or capture by force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

wrester (someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements)

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