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UK
/θɹˈʌst/
]
[ US /ˈθɹəst/ ]
[ US /ˈθɹəst/ ]
VERB
-
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
She forced her diet fads on him -
place or put with great energy
thrust the money in the hands of the beggar
She threw the blanket around the child - make a thrusting forward movement
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
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press or force
Stuff money into an envelope
She thrust the letter into his hand -
push upward
The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air -
push forcefully
He thrust his chin forward - force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
NOUN
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a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
one strong stab to the heart killed him -
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
he made a thrusting motion with his fist
he warned me with a jab with his finger -
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 -
the force used in pushing
the thrust of the jet engines
the push of the water on the walls of the tank
How To Use thrust In A Sentence
- But the main thrust of correspondence focused on the future of a particular medical practice.
- But it was the introduction of the breathalyser in 1967 that really thrust her into the public's consciousness, especially as she herself was a non-driver.
- The main thrust of my irritation comes from the fact that this was marketed in Previews as the issue that would tell us what Noh-Varr has been doing. Review: Dark Avengers Annual #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
- Along the Leathad Riabhach gully, the Ben More Thrust steepens into a subvertical fault with gneiss to the NE and quartzite to the SW.
- As they go into battle, simultaneous armoured thrusts will be launched from Kuwait and Turkey.
- This thrust, though, is generally reckoned to grant sufficient dynamic counterplay. Times, Sunday Times
- The organisation's shield consisted of a male forearm whose fist was thrusting the point of a spear into the jaws of a wolf. DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain
- The heat touched off the Hi-Thrust which burst in a needle flame from the petcock. The Stars My Destination
- Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental
- The rocks are asymmetrically folded and overthrust to the west, with chaotic units and abundant evidence for coeval soft-sediment deformation.