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Wrench

Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

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Verb group 8

Contort 84% connected

To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

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Contort 84% connected

To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.

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Deform 84% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Deform 84% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Wring 84% connected

To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

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Wring 84% connected

To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Harm 76% connected

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Injure 76% connected

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Injury 76% connected

Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Squirm 76% connected

To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.

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trauma 76% connected

Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Worm 76% connected

A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Wrestle 76% connected

To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

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Wriggle 76% connected

To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

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Writhe 76% connected

To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.

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Narrower term 1

Sprain 76% connected

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without lux…

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Derivationally related 2

Twist 74% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Twist 74% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Component part 1

Jaw 70% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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Synonym 7

Pull 92% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rick 92% connected

A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spanner 92% connected

One who, or that which, spans.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sprain 92% connected

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without lux…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Turn 92% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twist 92% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wring 92% connected

To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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