v01213998
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 35 |
| def | obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically |
| examples | wrest the knife from his hands wrest a meaning from the old text wrest power from the old government |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Frame - 16 | Somebody ----s something from somebody |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | seize |
| Derivationally related form | wrest → wrester |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | wrester → wrest |
| Hyponym | seize |
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