No. 13,761 in German
entreißen
To snatch or tear away.
In a sentence
Er konnte das Buch nicht aus meinen Händen entreißen.
He couldn't snatch the book from my hands.
The word 'entreißen' is used in the sense of forcibly taking an object away from someone.
Die Erinnerung an diese Zeit wurde ihr langsam entrissen.
The memory of that time was slowly taken away from her.
Here, 'entreißen' is metaphorically used to describe losing something abstract like memories.
Ich musste dem Hund das gefährliche Spielzeug entreißen.
I had to snatch the dangerous toy from the dog.
In this sentence, 'entreißen' conveys the act of removing something from a situation out of concern or urgency.
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