n. 25B6; verb
she thrust her hands into her pockets : SHOVE, push, force, plunge, stick, drive, propel, ram, poke.
fame had been thrust on him : FORCE, foist, impose, inflict.
he thrust his way past her : PUSH, shove, force, elbow, shoulder, barge.
25B6; noun
a hard thrust : SHOVE, push, lunge, poke.
a thrust by the Third Army : ADVANCE, push, drive, attack, assault, onslaught, offensive, charge, sortie, foray, raid, sally, invasion, incursion.
only one engine is producing thrust : FORCE, propulsive force, propulsion, power, impetus, momentum.
the thrust of the speech : GIST, substance, drift, burden, meaning, significance, signification, sense, theme, message, import, tenor.