Wrest

/ɹɛst/

Synonyms for "wrest" (131 found)

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Closest matches (27)

abdicate anamorphism anamorphosis arrogate asymmetry avulse badger bend blackmail buckle claim color confiscate confuse contort contortion crook crookedness crumplecut out

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demand deracinate detorsion deviationdig outdig up

Noun(1 words)

claw

Strong matches (39)

disentangle disproportion distort distortion drawdraw outdredgedredge upeduce elicit eradicate evolve evulse exact exaction excavate excise exsect extort extortion

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extract extricate forceforce fromgarble getget outgnarl gougegouge outgrub upimbalance irregularity jerk knot levylevy blackmail

Verb(2 words)

extract highjacked

Related words (65)

lopsidedness mine miscolor misrepresent pervertpick outpinchpluck outpluck uppry loose frompullpull outpull upquarry quirkrake outremove rendrend fromrending

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riprip fromrip outrippingroot outroot upscrewshake downsnatch fromspring squeezetake outtear fromtear outtearing torsion tortuosity turnturn awrytwist unearth unravel unsymmetry uproot usurp warpweed outwithdraw wrenchwrench fromwrenchingwrest outwresting wringwring fromwringing writhe wry

Verb(7 words)

obtain procure pry seize snatch usurped wrench

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3 entries

obtain seize take

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6 entries

wrest a confessionwrest awaywrest concessionswrest controlwrest fromwrest power

Collocations

5 entries

wrest awaywrest concessionswrest controlwrest fromwrest power

Inflections

3 entries

wrested wresting wrests

Derivations

2 entries

wrested wresting

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Ask for the moon and I shall wrest it from the heavens.

Source: tatoeba (3052418)

One of the kids tried to wrest his scooter out of the officer's hands.

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He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.

Source: wiktionary

[D]id not ſhe / Of Timna [Delilah] firſt betray me, and reveal / The ſecret wreſted from me in her highth / Of Nuptial Love proteſt, carrying it ſtrait / To them who had corrupted her, my Spies, / And Rivals?

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