Wrest | Mean of wrest in English Dictionary

/ˈrɛst/

• Verb
• to pull (something) away from someone by using violent twisting movements
1. She wrested the gun/knife/weapon (away) from her attacker.
• to take (something) from someone with much effort
1. He tried to wrest control of the company from his uncle.
2. The peasants wrested power (away) from the nobility.