0 past simple and past participle of yank
1 to pull something forcefully with a quick movement:
There are cases where youngsters have been yanked off in the middle of their course, and not allowed to complete it.
My head is not yanked to one side to expose my jugular for the best part of a pint of fluid to be pumped in.
Apparently, if a telephone wire is yanked from its socket, it is done by means of the sheath, within which are contained the connecting wires.
The original version ran at nearly four hours, but was yanked from release after only one week due to scathing reviews.
Its line of credit was yanked, and it was unable to meet daily expenses.
He pulled off the turbans of his viziers and yanked their beards.
After her handcuffs were removed, her arm was yanked so hard behind her back that her shoulder was fractured.
Even the light fixtures had been yanked out of the wall, but renovations continued.
