🤼wrest

verb
/rɛst/

Meaning

to forcibly pull something from a person's grasp; to seize with effort or struggle

Example Sentences

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

Example Expressions

wrest control

Synonyms

seize, grab, snatch, extract, yank

Antonyms

release, surrender, yield

Collocations

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

Related Vocabularies

to choose, select, or gather something from a group
to help something develop or increase; to advance someone to a higher position
To fix firmly or deeply in a surrounding mass.
To come out or spread from a source.
to move slowly and quietly; to make someone feel uncomfortable
to experience pain, distress, or hardship

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