WREST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they wrest ... he / she / it wrests

Past simple: wrested

Past participle: wrested

-ing form: wresting

Meaning:

Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

Example:

wrest power from the old government

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wrest" is one way to...):

seize (take or capture by force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

wrester (someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements)