wrest
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1. wrest - Noun
2. wrest - Verb
Meaning
To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
To tune with a wrest, or key.
The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
Active or moving power.
A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
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wrest the knife from his hands
wrest a meaning from the old text
wrest power from the old government
Both Christensen and Mount were replaced at half-time as manager Frank Lampard tried to wrest back control of the game.
A stronghold of the LTTE, the battle to wrest Jaffna exacted a high toll on the units of 41 Infantry Brigade, which was commanded by Brig Singh.
Around the year 800, Saracens began invading the shores of Calabria, attempting to wrest control of the area from the Byzantines.