0 to use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point or to separate things using force: --
In the poems on divinities, a gap between claims about that which is seemingly permanent and the truth of loss they attempt to hide is prised wide open.
This is because parties cannot prise loose support from a rival party's sympathizers by mimicking this rival's ideology.
These reforms prised the trade unions away from prime responsibility for questions of fairness at work.
His original greenware had been prised for its array of moulded ornaments and variety of glazed effects.
Why don't you prise the shop open with your own hands, he asks.
One has the rare opportunity to prise underneath the 'official mind' of patriotism, and to gauge public reaction through press reports and periodical articles.
