wrest
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- pronunciation:
- rest
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
wrests, wresting, wrested |
| definition: |
to take away with, or as if with, a twist or pull.
The policeman wrested the gun from the suspect's hand.The knights wrested power from the king.- similar words:
- extract, pluck, tear, wrench
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| related words: |
achieve, capture, deprive, exact, pull, snatch, tug, twist, withdraw, wring, yank |
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The words
wrest and
rest sound alike but have different meanings.