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Whetting
- verb - make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"
- sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
Wielding
- verb - handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"
- have and exercise; "wield power and authority"
Wreaking
- verb - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
Wrecking
- verb - destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
- the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
Wresting
- verb - obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
Yielding
- verb - a verbal act of admitting defeat
- be fatally overwhelmed
- be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
- be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
- be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
- bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
- cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- consent reluctantly
- end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another