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Synonyms for wrench
rɛntʃwrench

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wrenchnoun

    a hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.

    Synonyms:
    spanner

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wrench

    Synonyms:
    wrest, twist, distort, strain, extort, wring

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wrench, twist, pullnoun

    a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

    "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

    Synonyms:
    turn, turn of events, spanner, drag, construction, device, gimmick, spin, twist, bend, clout, twisting, winding, wind, eddy, whirl, pulling, twirl, pull, braid, puff, tress, kink, crook, plait

  2. twist, wrenchnoun

    a jerky pulling movement

    Synonyms:
    turn, turn of events, tress, construction, device, gimmick, spin, twist, bend, twisting, winding, wind, eddy, whirl, twirl, pull, braid, kink, crook, plait, spanner

  3. wrench, spannerverb

    a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

    Synonyms:
    pull, twist, spanner

  4. wrench, twistverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    turn, sophisticate, squirm, curve, wring, wrestle, rick, twist, bend, wrick, wind, convolute, pervert, distort, sprain, deform, twine, worm, twist around, flex, wriggle, writhe

  5. wrenchverb

    make a sudden twisting motion

    Synonyms:
    sprain, wring, twist, rick, wrick, turn

  6. wring, wrenchverb

    twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

    "Wring one's hand"

    Synonyms:
    deform, gouge, squeeze, wring, extort, rack, twist, sprain, contort, wrick, turn, rick, distort

  7. twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rickverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, change state, twist, release, rick, wring, call on, worm, flex, convolute, writhe, move around, become, grow, turn, sour, sophisticate, work, sprain, curve, twist around, change by reversal, twine, distort, wrestle, turn over, reverse, plow, ferment, squirm, pervert, plough

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wrenchverb

    Synonyms:
    wrest, wring, twist

  2. wrenchverb

    Synonyms:
    sprain, strain, distort

  3. wrenchnoun

    Synonyms:
    twist

  4. wrenchnoun

    Synonyms:
    sprain, strain

  5. wrenchnoun

    Synonyms:
    screw-key

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "wrench":

    dongle, spanner, key, curly, brace, switch, ratchet, stopcock

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How to use wrench in a sentence?

  1. Philip Baggaley:

    Standard Poor certainly could be Standard Poor, the initial surge in bookings, there was probably some pent-up demand in there. There's no doubt that the increase in [ Covid-19 ] cases and quarantines throws a monkey wrench into it.

  2. Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting:

    Will: He used to just put a belt, a stick, and a wrench on the kitchen table and say, “Choose.” Sean: Well, I gotta go with the belt there. Will: I used to go with the wrench. Sean: Why? Will: Cause fuck him, that’s why.

  3. Andrew Schneider:

    Time for the weather report. It's cold out folks. Bonecrushing cold. The kind of cold which will wrench the spirit out of a young man, or forge it into steel.

  4. Jeff Timmer:

    Their plan is to be a wrench in the gears of democracy, that's their motive. Whatever lipstick or qualifying words they put on this pig, that's what they intend to do, to cause chaos as the 2022 election unfolds, as a dress rehearsal for the even bigger election in 2024.

  5. Elie Honig:

    House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is just basically talking smack, trying to throw a monkey wrench into this procedure.


Translations for wrench

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  • arrancarAragonese
  • مفتاح الربطArabic
  • асҡысBashkir
  • klíčCzech
  • skruenøgleDanish
  • Drehbewegung, drehen, verrenken, Schraubenschlüssel, SchlüsselGerman
  • γαλλικο ΚΛΕΙΔΙGreek
  • ŝraŭbŝlosilo, tordoEsperanto
  • llave, llave de tuerca, llave inglesa, tirónSpanish
  • nyrjäyttää, huijaus, kiintoavain, keino, vääntö, temppu, nyrjähdys, petos, vinssi, petkutus, vintturiFinnish
  • clé de serrage, clef à écrous, clef, arracher, clé, serre-écrouFrench
  • sníomh, freangIrish
  • snìomhScottish Gaelic
  • csavarkulcs, villáskulcs, rántás, franciakulcs, ránt, rándít, rángat, kificamít, rándítás, ficamításHungarian
  • kungris, kunci inggrisIndonesian
  • slogare, slogatura, strappo, chiave, torcere, spinta, storcere, chiave piatta, dolore, storta, chiave inglese, serradadi, strazio, strattoneItalian
  • מפתח ברגיםHebrew
  • スパナ, レンチJapanese
  • извиткување, исчашување, одвртувач, клучMacedonian
  • moersleutel, verdriet, schroefsleutel, verstuiken, omslaan, afbreken, los/vastdraaien, loswringen, sleutel, Engelse sleutel, ruk, verzwikken, moeilijk afscheidDutch
  • chave inglesaPortuguese
  • răsucire, [[cheie]] [[fixă]]Romanian
  • вывёртывать, разводной ключ, дёргать, вывихнуть, ключ, вырывать, выкручивать, тянуть, гаечный ключRussian
  • förvridning, ryck, skiftnyckel, bändning, vridningSwedish
  • ประแจThai
  • 扳手Chinese

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