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11wrest — UK [rest] / US verb [transitive] Word forms wrest : present tense I/you/we/they wrest he/she/it wrests present participle wresting past tense wrested past participle wrested 1) mainly journalism to get land, power, or possessions from someone,… …
12wrest — [[t]rɛst[/t]] v. t. 1) to pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist 2) to take away by force 3) to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil[/ex] 4) to twist or turn from the proper course, meaning, etc.; wrench 5) a wresting; twist or wrench… …
13wrest — /rɛst / (say rest) verb (t) 1. to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist. 2. to take away by force. 3. to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil. 4. to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or… …
14wrest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. turn, pull, twist; tear away, snatch, grab. See distortion, acquisition, extraction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. twist away from, take, jerk, pull, wrestle, extract, wring, grab. III (Roget s… …
15wrest — verb (transitive always + adv/prep) formal 1 to take power or influence away from someone, especially when this is difficult 2 to pull something away from someone violently: I wrested the photograph from his grasp …
16First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …
172006 Michigan Wolverines football team — NCAATeamFootballSeason Year=2006 Team=Michigan Wolverines Conference=Big Ten Conference Division= ShortConference=Big Ten CoachRank=9 APRank=8 Record=11 2 ConfRecord=7 1 HeadCoach=Lloyd Carr OffCoach=Mike DeBord DefCoach=Ron English… …
18Cricket in Australia — Governing body Cricket Australia National team Australia First played before 1804, Sydney, New South Wales Registered players 850,155[1] Competitions National …
19confiscate — con·fis·cate / kän fə ˌskāt/ vt cat·ed, cat·ing: to seize without compensation as forfeited to the public treasury compare criminal forfeiture ◇ Illegal items such as narcotics or firearms, or profits from the sale of illegal items, may be… …
20Strip — Strip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stripping}.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;… …
