wrest
rest
- v 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
- As her pregnancy progressed, Awilda was so lost in the pipe that relatives managed to wrest custody of her first two children, Rubencito and Kasey, from her.
- Men in suits thought they would be able to wrest it from someone so crippled by anxiety that she practiced saying "Merry Christmas" before giving her first staff party.
- NASA has no plans yet for any manned expeditions beyond the moon, largely because of its inability to wrest more funds from a Congress whose members are already divided over the .