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Verb: wrest  rest
  1. 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"

Sounds like: resistors, resisters

Derived forms: wrests, wrested, wresting

Type of: seize

Encyclopedia: Wrest

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