thrust

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  1. transitive verb To push or drive quickly and forcibly. See Synonyms at push.
  2. transitive verb To issue or extend: poplars thrusting their branches upward; thrust out his finger.
  3. transitive verb To force into a specified condition or situation: She thrust herself through the crowd. He was thrust into a position of awesome responsibility.
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  • All this applies to empty space too, except that (a) there will be no air resistance, (b) the value for the thrust is about 15 per cent higher than the sea level value of the same rocket motor and (c) at a sufficient distance from the Earth the value for g may be noticeably less than the sea level value. —  OCTOBER, 1953 Vol
  • You'll find no such problems in The Fellowship of the Ring, particularly when it comes to the fighting: every sword thrust, axe chop, and slung arrow lands with a savage purpose. —  Strange Horizons, Dec '01
  • The man halted his sword thrust, his feet stumbling beneath him. —  Witch Fire.htm
  • His side was laid open with a spear-thrust, the weapon having fortunately glanced from his ribs, and he had another sword-cut on the hip. —  The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition
  • Then those who "intrude" (thrust, that is) themselves into the fold, who by natural insolence of heart, and stout eloquence of tongue, and fearlessly perseverant self-assertion, obtain hearing and authority with the common crowd. —  Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
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stroke ·  shoot ·  move ·  blade ·  burst ·  cast ·  swing ·  sweep ·  fall ·  movement ·  finger ·  kick

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thrust:   thrusts ·  thrusting
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English thrusten, from Old Norse thrȳsta; see treud- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English thrusten, but usually thresten, thristen, from Icelandic thry¯sta, thrust, press, force, compel; ult. connected with threat, q. v.
  2. from thrust, v.
 

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