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Vocabulary Day 179

Wrench

Thesaurus:

Verb: a sudden violent pull
          twist, tweak, jerk, tug, yank, drag, extract, rip, snatch...

Antonyms: push, give, receive... 

Example sentences:

·         He wrenched the box from me. 
·        Don't wrench it instead of asking her to give it.

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