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    wrest
    wrest /rest/ verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition]
     Language: Old English
     Origin: wræstan
    1. formal to take power or influence away from someone, especially when this is difficult:
        They are fighting to wrest control of the party from the old leaders.
    2. literary to pull something away from someone violently:
        I managed to wrest the photograph from his grasp.