Wrests
/ɹɛsts/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of wrest form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years?"