wrest from
phrasal verbwrest something from somebody/something (formal)
- to take something such as power or control from somebody/something with great effort
- They attempted to wrest control of the town from government forces.
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- to take something from somebody that they do not want to give, suddenly or violently synonym wrench
- He wrested the gun from my grasp.