Wrench

/ɹɛnt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "wrench" (301 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Noun(3 words)

abrade abrasion ache achingacute painadjustable wrenchallen wrenchalligator wrenchanamorphism anamorphosis appropriate asymmetry badger bark belie bend bite blackmail blemish bloody

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blow bobboring painbox wrenchbreak buckle burlesque burn camouflage caricaturecarriage wrenchchafechain wrenchcharley horsecheck chip claim claw coerce color compel concussion confuse constrain contort contortion crack crackle cramp cramps craze crick crook crookedness crumple cutdarting paindemand

Strong matches (90)

detorsion deviation disguise disproportion distort distortion distress dolor drag elicit exact exaction exaggerate extort extortion falsifyflash burnflick flip flirt

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flounce forceforce fromfracture fray frazzle fretfulgurant paingall garble gashget one wrongget wronggirdle paingloss gnarl gnawing gouge grief griping hitch horror hurt imbalance incise incision injure injury irregularity jerk jig jigger jigget jiggle jog jogglejumping painkink knot lacerate lacerationlancinating painlesionlevy blackmaillopsidednesslug wrenchmaimmake mincemeat ofmaul misapply misapprehend miscite miscolor misconceive misconstrue misdeem misexplain misexplicate misexpound misinterpret misjudge misquote misread

Noun(7 words)

device extract implement injure instrument jerk jolt

Related words (150)

misrender misreport misrepresent misstate mistake misteach mistranslate misunderstandmonkey wrenchmortal woundmutilate mutilationnasty blownip overdraw overstate pain pang parody paroxysm

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passion pervert pierce pinchpipe wrenchpluck prickpry loose frompuncture quirk rack rendrend fromrending rent rick riprip fromripping run rupture savage scald scorch scotch scrape scratch screwscrew keyscuffsecond-degree burnseizureshake downsharp painshock shoot shootingshooting painskin slant slash slit snake snatchsnatch fromsocket wrenchsoresore spotspannerspark-plug wrenchspasm sprain spring squeeze stabstab woundstabbing painstart stickstillson wrenchstitch strainstrain the sensestressstress of lifestrokesudden pullsufferingtap wrenchtappet wrenchteartear fromtearingtender spotthird-degree burnthrill throes tormen torsion tortuosity torture trauma traumatize travesty turnturn awrytweak twinge twisttwist the wordstwitch understate unsymmetry warp woundwounds immedicablewrench fromwrenching wrest wresting wringwring fromwringing writhe wry yank yerk

Noun(10 words)

press snatching spanner spanners sprain spraining sprains tool torquing yank

Verb(12 words)

pries rick snatched sprain sprained turn twist wrested wrests wrick wring wrings

Adjective(1 words)

prized

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6 relation types

More general

26 entries

acquire change distort disturbance eventhand toolharm hurt injure injury manipulation motion movement obtainphysical actionpull

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More specific

15 entries

adjustable wrenchbox end wrenchcoercecombination wrenchdislocateemotional upheavalinterrogatemental joltmoral shockopen end wrenchpipe wrenchpulling sprain twisting unbolting

Collocations

10 entries

adjustable wrenchbox end wrenchcombination wrenchheavy wrenchmechanical wrenchopen end wrenchpipe wrenchsharp wrenchsudden wrenchviolent wrench

Inflections

3 entries

wrenched wrenches wrenching

Derivations

4 entries

wrenched wrencher wrenching wrenchingly

similar

4 entries

contort deform distort wring

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Hand me the wrench.

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Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.

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The astronaut lost his grip on the wrench and all he could do was watch in dismay as it floated serenely away.

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A wrench is a commonly used tool.

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