wrest

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, etwas mit Gewalt oder Anstrengung aus den Händen von jemandem zu reißen oder wegzunehmen, oft im Kampf oder mit Mühe.

A verb used to indicate the act of forcibly pulling or taking something away from someone, often with effort or struggle.

1. Seize forciblyC1formal

   To obtain or pull something away from someone or something by using force or violence.

   Mit Gewalt entreißen

   • The knight wrested the sword from his opponent's hand.
   • She wrested the steering wheel from him to avoid the crash.
   • He wrested control of the company from his rival.

   Synonymeextractforcesnatchtwistwrenchwringyank

   Antonymegiveofferreturnsurrenderyield

2. Obtain with effortC1formal

   To gain or extract something, such as power, information, or a victory, through great effort or struggle.

   Mit Mühe erlangen

   • The team wrested victory from the jaws of defeat.
   • The journalist wrested the truth from the reluctant witness.
   • They wrested a narrow majority in the election.

   Synonymeextortextractforcepulltwistwrenchwringyank