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thrust

noun

1 thrust

The force used in pushing:
— The thrust of the jet engines.

synonym: push.

Roget 716: attack; assault, assault and battery; onset, onslaught, charge.    aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade, ... show more

Roget 276: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; ... show more

2 thrust

A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.

synonyms: knife thrust, stab.

Dutch: messteek, steek
Polish: pchnięcie

3 thrust

The act of applying force to propel something.

synonyms: drive, driving force.

Dutch: drijfkracht, por, stoot, stuwing, stuwkracht

4 thrust

Verbal criticism.

5 thrust

A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow):
— He made a thrusting motion with his fist.

synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting.

verb

1 thrust

Push forcefully.

2 thrust

Press or force:
— She thrust the letter into his hand.

synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff.

Dutch: induwen, inschuiven

3 thrust

Make a thrusting forward movement.

synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge.

Roget 276: give an impetus etc. n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, ... show more

4 thrust

Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.

synonym: force.

Dutch: opdringen

5 thrust

Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.

synonym: pierce.

6 thrust

Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.

7 thrust

Push upward:
— The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air.

synonym: push up.

8 thrust

Place or put with great energy:
— Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar.

synonym: throw.


Moby thesaurus: acceleration, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, afterburner, aggressiveness, animate, assault, atomic power, bang, bear, bear down upon, bear upon, bearing, best part, better part, body, boost, bowl ... show more.

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