- thrust
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)v. push, drive, shove, propel; lunge, plunge, ram; stab, pierce; compel, drive, force; interpose, interject. —n. blow, jab, poke; attack, sortie; dig; repartee; power. See impulse.II(Roget's IV) n.1. [A jab]Syn. punch, stab, poke, shove, wallop, smack, dig, nick, clout, cut, clip*, lam*, wham*, whack*; see also blow 1 .2. [An attack]Syn. onset, onslaught, advance; see attack 1 .3. [A strong push]Syn. drive, impetus, momentum, impulsion, propulsion, pressure; see also push .v.1. [To jab]Syn. poke, push, shove, stab, pierce, interject, stick, transfix, ram, punch, wallop, hang one on*, elbow one's way*; see also hit 1 .Ant. return*, fall back, retaliate.2. [To attack]Syn. assault, assail, push forward; see attack 1 .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)In.1. push shove, lunge, drive, advance, propulsion, stab, plunge, poke.2. attack blitz, blitzkrieg, onslaught, offensive, charge, push, drive, raid, strike.3. energy power, drive, horsepower, lift, pickup.4. point gist, force, meaning, essence, substance.IIv.1. push shove, lunge, drive, force, advance, power, propel, throw, stab, plunge, poke.2. impose oneself intrude, force oneself into, inject.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To force to move or advance with or as if with blows or pressure: drive, propel, push, ram, shove. See MOVE. 2. To cause to penetrate with force: dig, drive, plunge, ram, run, sink, stab, stick. See PUT IN. 3. To cause to stick out: poke, push, shove. See CONVEX. II noun 1. An act or instance of using force so as to propel ahead: butt1, push, shove. See PUSH. 2. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: aim, burden2, drift, intent, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor. See MEANING.
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