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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