Synonyms for thrust
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1. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   gist, point, break, focus, lift, grab, dart, push

2. thrustnoun

   To make advance with force.

   Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.

   Synonyms:
   point, rush, attack, charge, break, gist, lift, dart, push, grab, focus

3. thrustverb

   A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

   The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, Thief!

   Synonyms:
   dart, push, charge, force, compel, point, break, lift, focus, gist, grab

4. thrustnoun

   To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

   He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.

   Synonyms:
   stab, reach, dart, point, gist, focus, push, grab, lift, break

5. thrustnoun

   The primary effort; the goal.

   Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.

   Synonyms:
   focus, dart, lift, break, gist, grab, point, push

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1. thrust

   To drive is to move an object with some force or violence before or away from oneself; it is the direct reverse of draw, lead, etc. A man leads a horse by the halter, drives him with whip and rein. One may be driven to a thing or from it; hence, drive is a synonym equally for compel or for repel or repulse. Repulse is stronger and more conclusive than repel; one may be repelled by the very aspect of the person whose favor he seeks, but is not repulsed except by the direct refusal or ignoring of his suit. A certain conventional modern usage, especially in England, requires us to say that we drive in a carriage, ride upon a horse; tho in Scripture we read of riding in a chariot (2 Kings ix, 16; Jer. xvii, 25, etc.); good examples of the same usage may be found abundantly in the older English. The propriety of a person's saying that he is going to drive when he is simply to be conveyed in a carriage, where some one else, as the coachman, does all the driving, is exceedingly questionable. Many good authorities prefer to use ride in the older and broader sense as signifying to be supported and borne along by any means of conveyance. Compare BANISH; COMPEL; INFLUENCE.

   See synonyms for DRAW.

   Synonyms:
   compel, drive, impel, propel, push, repel, repulse, resist, ride, urge on

   Preposition:
   Drive to market; to despair; drive into exile; from one's presence; out of the city; drive by, with, or under the lash; drive by or past beautiful estates; along the beach; beside the river; through the park; across the field; around the square; to the door; into the barn; out of the sunshine.

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1. thrust

   Synonyms:
   push, drive, force, dress, shove, impel, urge

   Antonyms:
   draw, retract, snatch, extract

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1. push, thrustnoun

   the force used in pushing

   "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, pushing, button, push, stab, knife thrust, push button, drive, poking, driving force, poke, thrusting, energy, jab, get-up-and-go

2. stab, thrust, knife thrustnoun

   a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

   "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, shot, push, stab, knife thrust, poking, drive, pang, driving force, poke, thrusting, twinge, jab

3. drive, thrust, driving forcenoun

   the act of applying force to propel something

   "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

   Synonyms:
   stab, driveway, jab, crusade, drive, effort, knife thrust, driving, driving force, parkway, movement, jabbing, thrusting, campaign, ride, cause, private road, poke, push, poking

4. thrustnoun

   verbal criticism

   "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"

   Synonyms:
   poke, jabbing, push, stab, knife thrust, drive, poking, driving force, thrusting, jab

5. jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrustingverb

   a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

   "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, punch, stab, dig, drive, clout, garget, sack, driving force, carrier bag, knife thrust, slug, dawdler, lick, poke, paper bag, lagger, biff, pigeon berry, thrusting, jab, drone, trailer, laggard, scoke, push, poking

6. thrustverb

   push forcefully

   "He thrust his chin forward"

   Synonyms:
   pierce, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

7. thrust, stuff, shove, squeezeverb

   press or force

   "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

   Synonyms:
   extort, pressure, crush, scarf out, lug, rack, twinge, constrict, overindulge, binge, stuff, gouge, tweet, embrace, gormandize, shove, gormandise, throw, glut, compress, engorge, gourmandize, pig out, ingurgitate, coerce, block, overeat, contract, hale, press, lunge, jostle, hurtle, squeeze, squash, twitch, bosom, pinch, wring, push up, mash, englut, wedge, hurl, hug, force, choke up, pierce, squelch, compact, farce, overgorge, satiate, gorge

8. lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrustverb

   make a thrusting forward movement

   Synonyms:
   cast, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, pierce, shove, hurtle, force

9. force, thrustverb

   impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

   "She forced her diet fads on him"

   Synonyms:
   stuff, throw, force, pressure, hale, drive, coerce, draw, push up, shove, storm, squeeze, pull, hurtle, wedge, ram, hurl, impel, lunge, pierce, push

10. pierce, thrustverb

    penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

    Synonyms:
    squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, pierce, shove, hurtle, force

11. thrustverb

    force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

    Synonyms:
    pierce, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

12. thrust, push upverb

    push upward

    "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"

    Synonyms:
    pierce, squeeze, hurl, lunge, throw, stuff, push up, shove, hurtle, force

13. throw, thrustverb

    place or put with great energy

    "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

    Synonyms:
    fuddle, confound, fox, confuse, bedevil, cast off, stuff, have, push up, shove, make, switch, throw, cast, flip, give, bemuse, lunge, befuddle, hurtle, squeeze, shake off, throw off, throw away, contrive, drop, bewilder, hurl, discombobulate, force, pierce, project, hold, shed

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1. • Compel
   • Criticism
   • Force
   • Geology
   • Place
   • Push

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1. thrustverb

   Synonyms:
   push, drive, impel, force, clap, poke, shove

2. thrustverb

   Synonyms:
   make a thrust

3. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   push, shove, pass, stab, allonge, lunge, tilt

4. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   assault, attack, charge

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1. thrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   push, shove, allonge, stab, protrusion

2. thrustverb

   Synonyms:
   push, force, impel, shove, stab, pierce, protrude

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1. List of paraphrases for "thrust":

   push, overlap, momentum, impetus, orientation, direction, purport, guidance, axis, essence, -forward, idea, keynote

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1. Jeff Gordon:

   Jeff Gordon, married with two children, has thrust Jeff Gordon into charity work and said Jeff Gordon will remain committed to Jeff Gordon foundation.'' Outside the race car, my passion is pediatric cancer research, and my efforts will remain focused there when I'm no longer driving.

2. William Shakespeare:

   Be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

3. Northrop Grumman:

   . The new strike bomber will start deploying in about a decade. The aircraft is expected to replace the nearly four-decades old B-1 as well as the legendary B-52 Stratofortress that has served the country for about six decades. Related : Marine Corps ' new helicopter completes Marine Corps ' new helicopter first flight This new bomber will be fully loaded with lots of technologies and next-gen innovations that are cloaked in secrecy. Marine Corps ' new helicopter may even withstand nuclear weapon-generated electromagnetic pulses( EMPs) and still operate. What will Marine Corps ' new helicopter be like ? The military has kept details of the wish list for its new bomber classified. During the Super Bowl, Northrop Grumman’s ad featured a new aircraft shrouded in mystery – literally cloaked at one point. Some industry experts believe this was a representation of Northrop’s vision for the new mysterious bomber. B-2 We can look to the B-2 bomber, also made by Northrop Grumman, for an idea of what we might expect. The B-2 aircraft has been a mainstay for the military with The B-2 aircraft stealth long-range and big payload strike bomber capabilities. Related : Navy taps Raytheon for sophisticated' last chance' gun system The B-2 Spirit Bomber carries a crew of two and took its first flight in 1989 and entered the operational fleet in 1993. The original B-2 fleet was 21 aircraft. The four 19,000-pound-thrust F118-GE engines give the B-2 its power, allowing it to fly more than 600 miles per hour. With a 172-foot wingspan, the B-2 can fly to a ceiling of 50,000 feet. B-2 is built for stealth. During the Cold War, it was designed to beat air defense systems, penetrating deep into Soviet Union airspace and deliver a nuclear bomb if necessary. Cold War design allows it to evade radar and makes it tough to detect. Instead of metal, the structure is made from advanced composites like resin-impregnated graphite fiber. Related : Meet' Viper' - the newest F-16 Fighter The aircraft can travel a very long range - to approximately 6,000 nautical miles. If the aircraft is refueled while in the air, then it can fly even farther - an additional 4,000 miles without landing. The B-2 Spirit Bomber can carry more than 40,000 pounds of nuclear or conventional munitions – that’s the kind of power that can dramatically change the battle space in one flight. The aircraft is designed to deliver these munitions precisely on target even in adverse weather conditions. Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri is home to the majority of the current B-2 fleet. The aircraft has deployed recently in combat in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq. Related : 11 stunning F-22 fighter jet images Since it was introduced more than 20 years ago, many advances have been incorporated to improve the B-2's lethality. The aircraft’s ability to receive updated target data while in the midst of a mission was also improved. Other upgrade programs improved the B-2’s capabilities to collect, process and then distribute battlefield data to teams throughout the world. The sleek B-2 has a unique flying wing design that supports its radar evasion and hard to detect design. The Super Bowl commercial showed a sort of bat wing shape, similar to B-2, but the specs of the new plane have remained secret. The Air Force has made the right decision for our nation's security, as the company that developed and delivered the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, we look forward to providing The Air Force with a highly-capable and affordable next-generation Long-Range Strike Bomber.

4. Miguel de Cervantes:

   I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.

5. Luther Standing Bear:

   Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.