Word: wrest

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Related words: wrest

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Synonyms: wrest

wrench, snatch, seize, grab, pry, pluck, tug, pull, jerk, dislodge, remove, yank

Translations: wrest

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spanish
Translations:
arrebatar, arrancarle, arrebatarle, arrancar, arrebatar el
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german
Translations:
entreißen, zu entreißen, abzuringen, entwinden, zu reißen
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french
Translations:
tortiller, corder, détourner, tourner, arracher, extraire, tordre, ravir, arracher le, arracher la
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italian
Translations:
strappare, arraffare, strappare il, strappargli, strappare la
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portuguese
Translations:
chave, deturpar, tirar, sacar, arrancar, arrebatar
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dutch
Translations:
afdwingen, afpersen, knevelen, verdraaien, ontworstelen, ontrukken, te ontfutselen
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russian
Translations:
вырывать, искажать, исторгать, выворачивать, вырвать, оторвать, отобрать, вырвать у
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norwegian
Translations:
fravriste, rive, bøie, tilkjempe seg, tilkjempe
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swedish
Translations:
rycka, slita, vrida, mest wrest
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finnish
Translations:
vääntää, riistää, riistämään, väännä, kiskomaan
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danish
Translations:
vriste, fravriste, vride, at vriste
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czech
Translations:
tahat, překrucovat, vynutit, vytrhnout, vypáčit, rvát, vyrvat, točit, kroutit, bojovat o, ...
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polish
Translations:
skręcić, wyrwać, skręcać, wyrywać, wydrzeć, wyrwania, wydobyć
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hungarian
Translations:
hangolókulcs, elcsavarás, kificamít, kicsikarni, kicsavarni, kicsikart, elragadja a
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turkish
Translations:
çarpıtmak, gaspetmek, zorla almak, gasp, yağmalayın
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greek
Translations:
αποσπώ, τραβώ, αποσπάσουν, αποσπάσει τον, αποσπάσει την
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ukrainian
Translations:
вивертання, вирвати
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albanian
Translations:
rrëmbej, të rrëmbej, nxjerr me mundim, rrëmbente, rrembeje
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bulgarian
Translations:
изтръгвам, изтръгне, изкривяваш, изтръгнат, изкривяват
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belarusian
Translations:
вырваць
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estonian
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väänama, väänake, moonutama, ja väänake, käest kiskuma
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croatian
Translations:
izopačiti, istrgnuti, oteti, odhrva, iščupati, iznuditi
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lithuanian
Translations:
išplėšti, ištraukti, Iškreipia, Izvilināt, Iškreipti
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latvian
Translations:
izvilināt, izraut, izkropļot, sagrozīt
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macedonian
Translations:
истргнам, ја преземат, одземе, го истргнам, ја одземе
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romanian
Translations:
smulge, smulgă, a smulge, smulgă de
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slovenian
Translations:
Istrgnuti
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slovak
Translations:
krútiť

The meaning and "use of": wrest

verb
  • forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp. - Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold
noun
  • a key for tuning a harp or piano. - With respect to the harp, he produces the sharps, flats, quarter-notes, or any intermediate variation deviating from the natural notes, by causing the wrest -pins, that if, the pins by which the strings are extended and tuned, to move partly round centres and thereby increase or decrease the tension of the strings more or less, as may be required to answer the desired change of the notes.

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