wrest

Object

• control: However wresting control from them, with their colonial backing, proved a costly struggle.
• secret: Their reward was in the knowledge of work well done and secrets wrested from Nature to enrich mankind.
• power: Exploiting the latter, the bureaucracy wrested the power from the hands of mass organizations.
• initiative: Unfortunately the comeback was short lived as the Eagles wrested back the initiative.
• title: Is World Champion Cassie Campion ready to wrest the title from Leilani Joyce?
• judgment: This is called wresting judgment since the more knowledgeable judge is more expert, and can better apply his broader knowledge to each case.

Preposition: from

• enemy: The Albert Ridge we wrested from the enemy in the Battle of the Somme.
• hand: Over the course of human history, the world has been slowly wrested from the hands of the Hieronymi by the Voltaires.
• taxpayer: It throws in more money, wrested from the taxpayer, to employ more managers.

Modifies a noun

• plank: The wrest plank is let into the cheek and spine case sides and the glued joint is secured with nails.

Modifying Another Word

• back: How do we wrest back control of sex from the advertisers?
• away: The St George's cross has now been firmly wrested away from the far right.
• not: The momentum had now shifted, and try as she might, Grinham could not wrest it back.
• finally: He gained control of the whole of northern England and finally wrested control of Bernicia from the Anglo-Saxons in 916.
• successfully: For example, Joshua 12 is viewed as a list of those kings whose holdings were successfully wrested from them.
• slowly: Over the course of human history, the world has been slowly wrested from the hands of the Hieronymi by the Voltaires.

Noun used with modifier

• palm: The paint is wearing out on the touchpad and palm wrests.