wrest
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Verb — To pull or twist something suddenly and with force.
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Etymology
This word came into English via Middle English wresten, wrasten or wræsten, which developed from Old English wrǣstan (“to twist forcibly, wrench”), from Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną (compare Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną, “to turn, wind; to cover, envelop”, *wrīþaną, “to weave, twist”, and Old Norse reista, “to bend, twist”),...
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