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(verb) push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward" |
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Related Words: boost, dig, drive, force, force, jab, poke, pound, prod, punch, push, ram, ram down, run, shoulder, stab |
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(verb) press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" |
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Synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff |
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Related Words: force, push |
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(verb) push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" |
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Synonyms: push up |
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Related Words: jut out, project, protrude, stick out |
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(noun) verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians" |
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Related Words: criticism, unfavorable judgment |
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(noun) the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" |
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Synonyms: drive, driving force |
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Related Words: actuation, firewall, impetus, impulse, impulsion, propulsion |
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(verb) impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" |
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Synonyms: force |
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Related Words: compel, obligate, oblige, stick, sting |
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(noun) a thrusting blow with a knife |
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Synonyms: knife thrust, stab |
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Related Words: blow |
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(verb) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
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Synonyms: pierce |
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Related Words: center punch, empale, gore, horn, impale, lance, peg, penetrate, spike, stick, transfix, tusk |
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(noun) the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" |
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Synonyms: push |
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Related Words: force |
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(verb) make a thrusting forward movement |
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Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge |
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Related Words: dart, move |
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(noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" |
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Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting |
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Related Words: gesture |
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