Don't thrust your knife into the cheese.
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Thrust
//θɹʌst//
Synonyms for "thrust" (307 found)
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Closest matches (62)
Strong matches (92)
counterattackcramcrowdcruxcutdartdashdigdrive ondriving forceelbowelectric powerelectropowerembedenergyenterpriseessenceexhaustfeintfire
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flankflingfocusforce uponforwardfuelgasgeneralityget-up-and-gogetawaygibegingergistgive an impetusgive momentumgoadgravamenheadhome thrusthorsepowerhurlhurtlehustlehydraulic powerhydroelectric powerimpactimpaleimpelimpellentimpelling forceimpetusimportimpose onimpose uponimpulseimpulsionincentiveinciteincitementinfiltrateinitiativeinterposeirresistible forcejamjet powerjet propulsionjogjogglejoltjostlekick
Related words (153)
Verb(27 words)
launch an attacklavishliementliftline of flightliquid oxygenmain bodymajor partmajoritymanpowermarch againstmarch uponmassmeatmomentmomentummostmotivatemotive powermount an attack
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movenuclear powernudgeopen an offensivepasspedalpeppepperpickuppile drivepiss and vinegarpiston powerpithpizzazzplankplopplumpplungeplunkpluralitypokepolepooppowerpresspress onpress uponpressureprodpropelpropellantpropellingpropelmentpropulsionpropulsion chargepulsionpunchpurportpushingputput in motionquickeningramram downrattlereaction propulsionrocket powerrocket propulsionrollrowrunrun againstsenseset agoingset goingset in motionshaftshakeshortshouldershoveshovingshuntsinkslapsnapsolar powerspeedupspunkstarchsteam powerstep upstep-upstickstressstrikesubstancesweepsweep alongswingtampthermonuclear powerthrust upontosstreadletrolltrundleupshoturgeurge onurge uponvervevimwater powerwhip onzingzip
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14 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
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2 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
179 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὠθέω verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- dartı qüvvəsi noun (force due to propulsion)
- dartıcı qüvvə noun (force due to propulsion)
- hərəkət qüvvəsi noun (force due to propulsion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мушкане noun (an attack with a sword)
- нападение noun (a lunge forward)
- прицел noun ((figurative) primary effort)
- пронизване noun (an attack with a sword)
Catalan
4 entries- burxada noun (an attack with a sword)
- empenta noun (a lunge forward)
- empenta noun (force due to propulsion)
- estocada noun (an attack with a sword)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 刺击 noun (an attack with a sword)
- 推力 noun (force due to propulsion)
- 推力 verb (make an advance with force)
Czech
2 entries- tah noun (force due to propulsion)
- výpad noun (an attack with a sword)
Danish
4 entries- anfald noun (a lunge forward)
- fremstød noun (a lunge forward)
- mål noun ((figurative) primary effort)
- stød noun (an attack with a sword)
Dutch
4 entries- druk noun (force due to propulsion)
- steek noun (an attack with a sword)
- steek noun (a lunge forward)
- stoot noun (a lunge forward)
Esperanto
1 entries- puŝi noun (a lunge forward)
Fijian
1 entries- sua verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Finnish
4 entries- pisto noun (an attack with a sword)
- syöksy noun (a lunge forward)
- työntövoima noun (force due to propulsion)
- ydin noun ((figurative) primary effort)
French
3 entries- estocade noun (an attack with a sword)
- poussée noun (force due to propulsion)
- propulser verb (make an advance with force)
Galician
1 entries- pulo noun (a lunge forward)
German
4 entries- Druck noun (force due to propulsion)
- Druckkraft noun (force due to propulsion)
- Schub noun (force due to propulsion)
- Schubkraft noun (force due to propulsion)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִבְחָה noun (an attack with a sword)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रणोद noun (force due to propulsion)
Hungarian
1 entries- taszít verb (make an advance with force)
Icelandic
1 entries- þrýsta verb (push or drive something with force)
Indonesian
2 entries- dorongan noun (a lunge forward)
- dorongan noun (force due to propulsion)
Italian
2 entries- spinta noun (force due to propulsion)
- stoccata noun (an attack with a sword)
Japanese
4 entries- 突き noun (an attack with a sword)
- 突き noun (a lunge forward)
- 刺す verb (make an advance with force)
- 刺す verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Khmer
3 entries- ដំណើរហក់ noun (a lunge forward)
- រុញច្រាន verb (make an advance with force)
- រុញច្រាន verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Korean
1 entries- 돌격하다 verb (make an advance with force)
Latin
2 entries- trūdō verb (force something upon someone)
- trūdō verb (push or drive something with force)
Malay
2 entries- tujahan noun (a lunge forward)
- tujahan noun (force due to propulsion)
Middle English
2 entries- launcen verb (push or drive something with force)
- werpen verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Māori
4 entries- pūmuka noun (a lunge forward)
- kōkō verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
- pūmuka verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
- torohaki verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Norwegian
1 entries- støt verb (make an advance with force)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- skyvekraft noun (force due to propulsion)
- thrust noun (force due to propulsion)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صوقمق verb (push or drive something with force)
Polish
2 entries- forsować verb (make an advance with force)
- sforsować verb (make an advance with force)
Portuguese
4 entries- ataque noun (a lunge forward)
- estocada noun (an attack with a sword)
- impulso noun (a lunge forward)
- impulso noun (force due to propulsion)
Rarotongan
1 entries- kō verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Romanian
3 entries- buși verb (make an advance with force)
- împinge verb (make an advance with force)
- împunge verb (make an advance with force)
Russian
4 entries- вы́пад noun (a lunge forward)
- тя́га noun (force due to propulsion)
- уда́р noun (a lunge forward)
- уко́л noun (an attack with a sword)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- sparradh noun (a lunge forward)
- buail verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
- stob verb (push out or extend rapidly or powerfully)
Spanish
4 entries- empuje noun (a lunge forward)
- empuje noun (force due to propulsion)
- envión noun (a lunge forward)
- envión noun (force due to propulsion)
Swedish
4 entries- anfall noun (a lunge forward)
- dragkraft noun (force due to propulsion)
- framstöt noun (a lunge forward)
- knuff noun (an attack with a sword)
Tagalog
2 entries- sikad noun (a lunge forward)
- sikad noun (force due to propulsion)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
A bunch of people thrust their way toward the rear exit.
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The boy thrust the coin into his pocket.
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The policeman thrust me aside.
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