wrest#1 (v)

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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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