What is "prised"

Usage examples of "prised".

Wormhole interstices were prised open, carrying some of the voidhawks to their rendezvous coordinates.

Belwar whispered harshly, and Drizzt was sur prised that the creature could speak his language.

Marie knelt down and prised the bottom plank off the front of the box.

He signalled to a couple of the villagers, and between them they prised Dimitri’s fingers from Horst’s throat.

Their top hinges were almost wrecked, making them gradually pivot downwards, a motion which prised them further apart.

A couple of turns on the handle released the lock entirely, and he prised the door open.

So devout was she, in fact, that she had refused to cross the bridge over the Vltava because of the wooden statue of the Holy Mother at its far end, and at her command all statues and crucifixes were being prised loose from the chapels of the Old Town.

For at some point during the previous day a small breach had been prised open.

A handsome bribe was paid at each, and not one of the barges was boarded, not one of the crates was prised open.

Sir Ambrose had dealt with him many times before, because Monboddo had also prised loose a few odd bits and pieces that found their way into the collections of the Emperor Rudolf.

Clive rummaged around in the biscuit barrel, prised out a gooey macaroon stuck to the bottom and plonked it down on England.

Reaching up, he prised her arms from around his neck and set her away from him.

Miriamele could not have been more sur prised had Yis-fidri announced they were angels.