Wrest Definition & Meaning
wrest
- verb
- obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
"Wrest" in song lyrics
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"apartment house wrest"
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"gay wrest"
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