English verb: wrest | |||
1. | wrest (contact) obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically | ||
Samples | Wrest the knife from his hands. Wrest a meaning from the old text. Wrest power from the old government. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | seize | ||