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squeeze, wring

n. a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"

wring

v. twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"

wring, wrench

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

contort, deform, distort, wring

v. twist and press out of shape

extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring

v. obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

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bend, flex

v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

falsify, distort, garble, warp

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

flail, thresh

v. move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

thrash

v. beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

squeeze

v. press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

strain, tense

v. become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached"

choke, scrag

v. wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"

pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy

v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

strangle

v. die from strangulation

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

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