YANKED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

yanked

verb

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past tense of yank

as in jerked

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion she stupidly yanked the wheel while I was driving

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as in pulled

to draw out by force or with effort yanked out a tooth with a pair of pliers

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as in grabbed

to separate or remove by forceful pulling grab the other one, and let's see if we can't yank these two grocery carriages apart

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reattached

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Brady and a few stringers quickly pulled together what Brady named Page Six because that’s the page where the column initially ran.

Susan Mulcahy, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Michigan’s largest distributor of housing vouchers hasn't pulled a name off its general waitlist in nearly a year.

Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024

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