1. to pull or twist something away from someone forcibly
2. to obtain something with difficulty or effort, especially by force

Examples

• She tried to wrest the gun from his hands.
• The protesters attempted to wrest control from the government.
• He wrested the trophy away from his opponent.
• The lawyer wrested a confession from the witness.
• They wrested victory from the jaws of defeat.
• She wrested herself free from his grip.
• The rebels wrested power from the dictator.