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To wrest is to take something by force or with considerable difficulty. (verb)
- When your friend is holding very tightly onto the dollar bill in his hand and you grab and pull and tug it until you get it out of his hand and into yours, this is an example of a time when you wrest the dollar away from him.
- When you have to fight a revolution in order to gain power of a country, this is an example of a time when you wrest control from the old leadership.
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