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Definition of 'thrust' Noun
- the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
Synonyms: push - a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
Synonyms: stab knife thrust - the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
Synonyms: drive driving force - verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
Synonyms: jab jabbing poke poking thrusting Verb
- push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
- press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
Synonyms: stuff shove squeeze - make a thrusting forward movement
Synonyms: lunge hurl hurtle - impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
Synonyms: force - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Synonyms: pierce - force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
Synonyms: push up - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
Synonyms: throw
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