Thrusting synonyms
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(Sports) A short straight punch in boxing.
The act of poking; jab; thrust; nudge
The act by which something is poked.
To get, extract, or extort by force or unfair means
Shove is defined as to quickly or roughly push.
To block (a passage); plug:
To move with force or violence; rush
To move with a sudden thrust.
To penetrate with the sight or mind
To break down or open by force:
To subject to mechanical pressure or force.
To go into in a sharp, thrusting way
To detect automatically:
To force into place; press or drive down
To urge on; impel; press
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
To exert pressure, or compelling influence, on
To sharpen to a point, as a pencil
To penetrate is to pass into or through something.
(Geol.) To force (liquid magma, etc.) into or between solid rocks
To introduce or interject (a comment, for example) during discourse or a conversation.
The definition of interject is to interrupt or butt into a conversation with a sudden or abrupt statement.
To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
To load to capacity; fill:
To join or be joined end to end; abut.
To use force against in order to harm; start a fight with; strike out at with physical or military force; assault
In criminal and tort law, an act, usually consisting of a threat or attempt to inflict bodily injury upon another person, coupled with the apparent present ability to succeed in carrying out the threat or the attempt if not prevented, that causes the person to have a reasonable fear or apprehension of immediate harmful or offensive contact. No intent to cause battery or the fear or apprehension is required so long as the victim is placed in reasonable apprehension or fear. No actual physical injury is needed to establish an assault, but if there is any physical contact, the act constitutes both an assault and a battery.
To attack verbally, as with ridicule or censure.
To strike with a hard blow:
(--- Archaic) To poke or prod with a stick.
Transfix is to pierce with something pointed, or to cause someone to become motionless as they concentrate on someone or something either in a good way or a bad way.
To remain in the same place; stay; abide
To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
To pass over or through:
(Informal) To work or study hard
To cause to move in a certain direction.
retaliating (antonym)
To pay back (an injury) in kind.
hitting (related)
(Sports) To reach with a propelled ball or puck:
moving (related)
To stir the emotions:
Find another word for thrusting. In this page you can discover 48 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for thrusting, like: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, squeezing, shoving, stuffing, hurtling, hurling and lunging.