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thrust
English
- 🔊 verbal criticism“he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians”
- 🔊 the act of applying force to propel something“after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”
- 🔊 a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument“one strong stab to the heart killed him”
- 🔊 the force used in pushing“the push of the water on the walls of the tank”
- 🔊 a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)“he warned me with a jab with his finger”
- 🔊 push forcefully“He thrust his chin forward”
- 🔊 press or force“Stuff money into an envelope”
- 🔊 push upward“The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air”
- 🔊 force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- 🔊 impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably“She forced her diet fads on him”
- 🔊 penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- 🔊 place or put with great energy“She threw the blanket around the child”
- 🔊 make a thrusting forward movement
Spanish
- 🔊 empuje thrust
- 🔊 envión thrust
- 🔊 propulsión thrust