🤼wrest (rest)

verb
/rɛst/
arracher de force (arracher de force)

Signification

to forcibly pull something from a person's grasp; to seize with effort or struggle
Traduction de la signification
enlever quelque chose par un effort ou une lutte
enlever quelque chose par un effort ou une lutte

Phrases d'exemple

The police had to wrest the weapon from the suspect's hand.

La police a dû arracher l'arme des mains du suspect.
La police a dû arracher l'arme des mains du suspect.

Expressions d'exemple

wrest control
arracher le contrôle
arracher le contrôle

Synonymes

seize, grab, snatch, extract, yank

Antonymes

release, surrender, yield

Collocations

wrest control, wrest power, wrest the title, wrest freedom

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