arracher — meaning in English

English meaning

• bereave verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
• snatch verb To grab something suddenly and quickly.
• wrench noun US: a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes; called a spanner in British English.
• wrest verb To pull or twist violently.

Senses

arracher is used for these senses in English:

• bereave (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
• eke out (transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.
• snap up (transitive, colloquial) To buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
• snatch (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
• snatch (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
• tear off (intransitive) To become detached by tearing or ripping.
• wrench (transitive) To pull or twist violently. [from 13th c.]
• wrest (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.

bereave — full definition

1. verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
2. verb To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
3. verb To deprive of power; prevent.
4. verb To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

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.

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