wrests

/ɹɛsts/

verb

  1. 1

    To pull or twist violently.

  2. 2

    To obtain by pulling or violent force.

    He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.
  3. 3

    To seize.

  4. 4

    To distort, to pervert, to twist.

  5. 5

    To tune with a wrest, or key.

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