n. 25B6; verb
wring out the clothes : TWIST, squeeze, screw, scrunch, knead, press, mangle.
concessions were wrung from the government : EXTRACT, elicit, force, exact, wrest, wrench, squeeze, milk; informal bleed.
his expression wrung her heart : REND, tear at, harrow, pierce, stab, wound, rack; distress, pain, hurt.