wrest in Finnish
wrest in Finnish is riistää — wrest means to pull or twist something suddenly and with force.
wrest in Finnish
riistää
(transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
What does "wrest" mean?
- verb To pull or twist something suddenly and with force.
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verb To take something away from someone using force.
"He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel."
- verb To bend, corrupt, or twist out of its true form.
- verb To adjust the tuning of something using a wrest, or key.
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wrest in a sentence
- He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel.
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What is "wrest" in Finnish?
"wrest" in Finnish is riistää. wrest means: To pull or twist something suddenly and with force.
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