wrested

verb

Definition of wrestednext
past tense of wrest
1
as in pried
to draw out by force or with effort the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands

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2
as in extorted
to get (as money) by the use of force or threats vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time

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3
as in earned
to get with great difficulty farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land

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4
as in pulled
to move by or as if by a forceful rotation I need a strong arm to wrest the lid off this pickle jar

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5
as in grabbed
to separate or remove by forceful pulling wrested open the stuck door of the cabinet

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  1. earned
  2. pulled
  3. grabbed
  4. tore
  5. plucked
  6. ripped
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  • Predecessor Leap was released in July 2022 and has earned 39,000 equivalent album units to date.
    Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The song earned both acts their first top 10 list.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of earned
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  • Brady and a few stringers quickly pulled together what Brady named Page Six because that’s the page where the column initially ran.
    Susan Mulcahy, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Michigan’s largest distributor of housing vouchers hasn't pulled a name off its general waitlist in nearly a year.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of pulled
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  • And then Sol turned to me and grabbed my hand.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That formal change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine — which had previously envisioned a nuclear response only in the event of an existential threat to Russia — grabbed headlines and stirred a fresh round of debate in Western capitals.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of grabbed
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  • Prescott partially tore a hamstring in the second half of Dallas’ Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • About 30,500 initial jobless claims were filed in North Carolina in the nearly three weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through the western part of the state in late September, according to the state’s Division of Employment Security.
    Tami Luhby, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of tore
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  • Water lily plucked from the Dior garden helps purify the skin of impurities, including heavy metals.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The sound is often described as similar to a string being plucked on a violin.
    Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of plucked
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  • Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Russell about a show seemingly ripped from the headlines.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Fifteen days after the storm ripped through the Blue Ridge Mountains, power was finally restored to the property thanks to dozens of linemen, from local Sumter Utilities to Gagnon Lines Construction out of Canada.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of ripped
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