WREST


Meaning of WREST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rest ]

( wrests, wresting, wrested)

1.

If you wrest something from someone else, you take it from them, especially when this is difficult or illegal. ( JOURNALISM or LITERARY )

For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government...

The men had returned to wrest back power.

= seize

VERB : V n from n , V n with away/back

2.

If you wrest something from someone who is holding it, you take it from them by pulling or twisting it violently. ( LITERARY )

He wrested the suitcase from the chauffeur...

He was attacked by a security man who tried to wrest away a gas cartridge.

VERB : V n from n , V n with away

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