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Adjective wrenching has 1 sense
- racking, wrenching - causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"
Antonym: painless (indirect, via painful)
Verb wrench has 4 senses
- wrench, twist - twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"
--1 is one way to pull
Sample sentences:
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- wrench - make a sudden twisting motion
--2 is one way to writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- wring, wrench - twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
--3 is one way to twist, twine, distort
Sample sentences:
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- twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick - twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
--4 is one way to injure, wound
Sample sentence:
Did he wrench his foot?
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