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yank

verb as in pull hard and fast

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As his wife, Paula, started driving, he quickly yanked the garage door back down.

Then he yanked up that bridge up and decided, at age 81, to seek another term.

Illegal immigration was significantly reduced under Trump, but at the price of inhumanely yanking small children from their mothers’ arms and caging them.

Her election, said the Guardian, seemed to represent a progressive victory in a region where tech billionaires were intent on yanking politicians to the right.

“The guy was trying to yank his glove off, pulling at his wrist. … It looked like he got ejected, and I’m glad he did. I’ve never seen anything like that. That was unacceptable.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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