Place
Place verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Wrest
Wrest verb - To draw out by force or with effort.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Sort of averted in the first series anime, where the iconic "wrest control of Kaiba Corp from Gozaburo" scene takes place not during a flashback, but in the present day, where Kaiba is presumably older and of proper age to run the company.
Source: Grade School CEO - After seeing his power as president being diminished by the new one-world government being put in place, Fitzhugh attempts to side with right-wing militia groups in order to wrest control of the United States and other free nations from Carpathia's grasp, only to be killed when Washington, D.C.
Source: Our Presidents Are Different
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Wrest and Place. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/wrest
Place & Wrest. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/wrest>.
Wrest or Place. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/wrest.
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