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English to English noun
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The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically | | Example: wrest the knife from his hands
wrest a meaning from the old text
wrest power from the old government
source: wordnet30
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To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting. | | source: webster1913
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