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Noun
Wrench (plural wrenches)
- A movement that twists and pulls violently.
- A distorting change.
- A sudden emotional change.
- A violent pull or twist; a tug
- 1897, Bram Stoker , Dracula Chapter 21
- With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.
- (US) a hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
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Verb
Wrench (third-person singular simple present wrenches, present participle wrenching, simple past and past participle wrenched)
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
- With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
- (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
- (transitive) To use the tool known as a wrench.
- The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.
Adverbs for Wrench
violently; abruptly; distressfully; simultaneously; drastically; fiercely; disastrously;
diabolically; rudely.
Thesaurus
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Old English wrenċan. Compare German renken.
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