Forcibly taken away and temporarily dropped from the team, we hear (7)

I believe the answer is:

wrested

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'forcibly taken' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for wrested that I've seen before include "Snatched" , "seized" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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