Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wrest

1 sense of wrest

Sense 1
wrest -- (obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government")
       => seize -- (take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages")