Wrenched

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrench \Wrench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wrenching}.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive,
     properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting.
     ????. See {Wrench}, n.]
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     1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by


        violence.
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              Wrench his sword from him.            --Shak.
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              Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched
              With a woeful agony.                  --Coleridge.
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     2. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
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              You wrenched your foot against a stone. --Swift.
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