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Wrenching

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Adjective

1. racking, wrenching

causing great physical or mental suffering

Example Sentences:
'a wrenching pain'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wrenching

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verb
1. 
to give (something) a sudden or violent twist or pull esp so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached
to wrench a door off its hinges
2. (transitive)
to twist suddenly so as to sprain (a limb)
to wrench one's ankle
3. (transitive)
to give pain to
4. (transitive)
to twist from the original meaning or purpose
5. (intransitive)
to make a sudden twisting motion
noun
6. 
a forceful twist or pull
7. 
an injury to a limb, caused by twisting
8. 
sudden pain caused esp by parting
9. 
a parting that is difficult or painful to make
10. 
a distorting of the original meaning or purpose
11. 
a spanner, esp one with adjustable jaws
See also torque wrench

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Wrenching

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noun
1. 
a sudden, sharp twist or pull
2. 
an injury caused by a twist or jerk, as to the back, a joint, etc.
3. 
a sudden feeling of grief, anguish, etc., as at parting with someone
4. 
any of a number of tools used for holding and turning nuts, bolts, pipes, etc.
5. 
a false or strained interpretation of an original meaning
verb transitive
6. 
to twist, pull, or jerk suddenly and violently
7. 
to injure (a part of the body) with a twist or wrench
8. 
to distort, strain, or give a false interpretation of (a meaning, statement, etc.)
verb intransitive
9. 
to pull or tug (at something) with a wrenching movement

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wrenching

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n.
1. Any of various hand or power tools, often having fixed or adjustable jaws, used for gripping, turning, or twisting objects such as nuts, bolts, or pipes, typically at an angle perpendicular to the object's axis.
2. A sudden, forcible twist, turn, or pull: gave the steering wheel a wrench.
3. An injury produced by twisting or straining: The fall gave my ankle a wrench.
4. A sudden feeling of compassion, sorrow, or anguish, or an act that causes such feeling: "Bidding goodbye to Buss was a wrench" (Edna O'Brien).
5. A distortion in the original form or meaning of something written or spoken; a twisted interpretation.
v. wrenched, wrench·ing, wrench·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To twist, turn, or pull suddenly and forcibly: wrenched the door open.
b. To twist and sprain: I wrenched my knee.
c. To turn using a wrench: wrenched the nut onto the bolt.
2.
a. To move, extract, or force free by twisting, turning, or pulling forcibly: wrenched the nail out of the board.
b. To free (oneself or a body part) by twisting, turning, or pulling: wrenched his arm from the thug's grasp.
3. To upset the feelings or emotions of; distress: Grief wrenched her heart.
4. To interpret unreasonably or inaccurately; distort: wrenched the text to prove her point.
v.intr.
1. To give a twist, turn, or pull: wrenched at the window trying to open it.
2. To cause distress: The memory wrenched at his conscience.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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