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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) push , thrust the force used in pushing “the push of the water on the walls of the tank” ,
“the thrust of the jet engines”
(n) stab , thrust , knife thrust a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument “one strong stab to the heart killed him”
(n) drive , thrust , driving force the act of applying force to propel something “after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”
(n) thrust verbal criticism “he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians”
Verbs (v) thrust push forcefully “He thrust his chin forward”
(v) thrust , stuff , shove , squeeze press or force “Stuff money into an envelope” ,
“She thrust the letter into his hand”
(v) force , thrust impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably “She forced her diet fads on him”
(v) pierce , thrust penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
(v) thrust force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
(v) thrust , push up push violently in a specified direction “The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air”
(v) throw , thrust place or put with great energy “She threw the blanket around the child” ,
“thrust the money in the hands of the beggar”