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thrust

English

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

Spanish

  1. 🔊 empuje thrust
  2. 🔊 envión thrust
  3. 🔊 propulsión thrust

Similar words

drive driving force jab jabbing poke poking thrusting stab knife thrust push force pierce throw lunge hurl hurtle stuff shove squeeze push up acceleration actuate advance advance against