wrest
RESTverbMeaning to pull or take away by force or great effort
Memory hook WREST-le it AWAY. Pip and the goat both grab the same rope; after a long tug and twist, Pip wrestles it free. He wrests it from the goat.
Lila finally wrested the stuck lid off the pickle jar.
In context After years of losing, the underdogs wrested the championship from the team that had won it six seasons in a row.
Similar wrench, seize, pry, extract
Opposite release, yield
From Old English wraestan, “to twist.” Wrestle comes from the same word.