wrest

/ɹɛst/ verbo C2

En español: retorcer, arrancar

To pull or twist violently. (transitive)
To obtain by pulling or violent force. (transitive) · He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.
To seize. (figuratively, transitive)
To distort, to pervert, to twist. (figuratively, transitive)
To tune with a wrest, or key. (transitive)

He/she/it wrests · Pasado wrested · Participio pasado wrested · Forma en -ing wresting

Formas del verbo

Forma base: wrest
He/she/it: wrests
Pasado: wrested
Participio pasado: wrested
Forma en -ing: wresting

De la biblioteca

But here are your bonds; pay me differently;” and he held the bonds towards Danglars, who seized them like a vulture extending its claws to withhold the food that is being wrested from its grasp.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1029 · C1

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