v. 1 yank, twist, jerk, force, pull, tug, tear, wring, rip, wrest The gun was wrenched from my grasp, breaking my finger 2 strain, sprain, twist, overstrain After she wrenched her ankle on the ladder, Mary couldn't walk for a week 3 extract, wrest, wring, force, pry, draw The only way they could wrench the information from Michael was by torturing him
n. 4 yank, twist, jerk, pull, tug, rip One wrench at the doorknob and it came off in my hand 5 pang, pain, agony, torture, blow, ache, throe, anguish, sadness, grief, heartbreak The severest wrench at my heartstrings came when we had to part 6 Brit spanner, shifting spanner, adjustable spanner, US monkey wrench We need metric wrenches to work on your car