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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Thrust \Thrust\, n.
1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved
in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot,
or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a
term of fencing.
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[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,
And often reaches, and his thrusts renews. --Dryden.
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2. An attack; an assault.
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One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism. --Dr.
H. More.
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3. (Mech.) The force or pressure of one part of a
construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a
horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch
against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall
which support them.
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4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under
its superincumbent weight.
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{Thrust bearing} (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to
receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft.
{Thrust plane} (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation
has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.
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Syn: Push; shove; assault; attack.
Usage: {Thrust}, {Push}, {Shove}. Push and shove usually
imply the application of force by a body already in
contact with the body to be impelled. Thrust, often,
but not always, implies the impulse or application of
force by a body which is in motion before it reaches
the body to be impelled.
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