Learn English at
Anaversity

I help students all over the world think in English, speak with confidence, and stop translating in their heads.

Years of teaching and studying languages, distilled into one Anaversity.

wrest

verb

Pronunciation: /rɛst/

Forcefully pull or twist something away from someone or something else, often with great effort.

The opposition party hopes to wrest control of the government in the upcoming election.
She had to wrest the remote from her brother's hands to change the channel.
It took years to wrest the truth from the reluctant witness.

Words with a similar meaning to wrest: