[译] 100 年前疾病夺去了千百万儿童的生命。
[误] Disease wrested thousands of children’s lives 100 years ago.

[正] Disease took thousands of children’s lives 100 years ago.
[注] 动词 wrest（= pull away violently）意为“夺去”，可用于本文，如：The thief wrested a hand-bag from her hands. 盗贼抢走了她的手袋。也可以用于转义，如：The farmers wrested high yields from the barren land. 农民从不毛之地夺得高产。但此词不与 life 搭配。正句也可以说：Disease killed thousands of children. 或 Thousands of children’s lives were lost in disease.