Synonyms for wrench
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1. wrenchnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   spanner

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1. wrench

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Injury
   • Movement
   • Pull
   • Twist

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "wrench":

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

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1. Kyle Pomerleau:

   It does throw a little bit of wrench into things, to the extent that individuals are relying on the refund any delay is going to be a negative.

2. Don Crocetti:

   The use of social media is a wrench in their toolbox. It’s not that you use that same wrench for everything you do, but it’s a wrench, it’s a different-sized tool, and you have use that selectively.

3. 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.

4. Steve Chiavarone:

   A few weeks ago the market was ready for it, and then the China volatility threw a wrench in that. They are trying to get the market back to pricing in an increase so that it's not a kick in the gut.

5. Chuck Ragan:

   I had fun playing all sorts of old instruments on the record and I think we achieved a pretty full sound from the trashcan to the pipe wrench.