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Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

Wresting :: Wresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wres.

Overwrestle :: Overwrestle (v. t.) To subdue by wrestling.

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) Active or moving power.

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses..

Force :: Force (n.) To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc..

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion..

Turnwrest :: Turnwrest (n.) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent..

Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning..

Wrester :: Wrester (n.) One who wrests.

Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key..

Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To extort; to wring; to wrest.

Wrestler :: Wrestler (n.) One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.

Wrestling :: Wrestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrestl.

Turnwrest :: Turnwrest (n.) designating a kind of hillside plow.

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Conistra :: Conistra (n.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..

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