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Meanings of thrust in English

Portuguese
injecção
Catalan
empenta
Spanish
amenazador

A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

        injecção
        Portuguese
        impulso
        Catalan
        impuls
        Spanish
        fuerza

        The act of applying force to propel something.

              impulso
              Catalan
              ganivetada
              Spanish
              tajo

              A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.

                    ganivetada
                    Portuguese
                    empurrar
                    Catalan
                    emplenar
                    Spanish
                    meter

                    To press or force.

                          empurrar
                          Usage of thrust in English
                          1
                          The essential thrust of the latest National Competitiveness Council report is clear.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          Pressing his case now thrust the issue into the 2016 presidential campaign.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          That is the fundamental thrust of a new Government report on retirement.
                          The Irish Times
                          4
                          It is into this tense political situation that Eragon finds himself thrust.
                          Brisingr
                          5
                          Dear Jesse, Transforming laws has been a major thrust of feminist work.
                          Feminist dot com
                          6
                          Before he could answer, however, Lord Orun thrust himself into the conversation.
                          The Bone Doll's Twin
                          7
                          House price bubbles thrust economies forward and crush them when they burst.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          This was the excuse they needed to drive home that final thrust.
                          Happiness key
                          9
                          The Red Un opened the drawed quickly and thrust in a hand.
                          Love Stories
                          10
                          By leave of the king in the door he thrust the key.
                          The Nibelungenlied
                          11
                          The Britons thrust their glaives deep in the breasts of the foe.
                          Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
                          12
                          He and his colleagues thrust African issues into congressional foreign policy debates.
                          The South African
                          13
                          She stopped writing and thrust the paper toward him across the table.
                          Blind willow, sleeping woman
                          14
                          Kyle saw fresh scarring where a thrust had taken his right eye.
                          Assail
                          15
                          The boss thrust the goad into the hand of the bashful fellow.
                          Joan of Arc of the North Woods
                          16
                          Jeffers' thrust was true, and Julian made no effort to avoid it.
                          Fevre Dream
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                          Translations for thrust
                          Russian
                          тяга
                          Thrust through the time
                          Thrust across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          Canada
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
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