wrest
/ɹɛst/
noun
Meaning
The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
A key to tune a stringed instrument.
Active or motive power.
Short for saw wrest; a saw set.
verb
Meaning
To pull or twist violently.
To obtain by pulling or violent force.
"He wrested the remote control from my grasp and changed the channel."
To seize.
To distort, to pervert, to twist.
To tune with a wrest, or key.