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изтръгвам — meaning in English

iztragvam

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English meaning

  • extort verb To obtain money or something else by threats, force, or abuse of power.
  • snatch verb To grab something suddenly and quickly.
  • uproot verb To pull a plant out of the ground, roots and all.
  • wrest verb To pull or twist violently.
  • wring verb To twist and squeeze something, especially wet fabric, to force liquid out of it.

Senses

изтръгвам is used for these senses in English:

  • extort (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
  • snatch (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
  • uproot To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
  • uproot (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
  • wrest (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
  • wring To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.

snatch — full definition

  1. verb To grab something suddenly and quickly.
  2. verb To seize or win something, often at the last possible moment.
  3. noun A weightlifting move in which the bar is lifted from the floor to overhead in one continuous motion.
  4. noun A short, brief bit of something, such as conversation or music.

Related Bulgarian words