wrench

/renʃ/ verb [T]

Definition

wrench sth from/off, etc sb/sth › to pull something violently away from a fixed position: The phone had been wrenched off the wall.

› to injure part of your body by turning it suddenly: I wrenched my right shoulder playing tennis.

(Definition of wrench verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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