verb
The gun was wrenched from my grasp, breaking my finger
After she wrenched her ankle on the ladder, Mary couldn't walk for a week
The only way they could wrench the information from Michael was by torturing him
noun
One wrench at the doorknob and it came off in my hand
The severest wrench at my heartstrings came when we had to part
We need metric wrenches to work on your car
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