thrust
verb (used with object)
to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force.
counterthrust
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a word derived from
thrust.
Example Sentences
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Four days later, Patton wheeled his 3rd Army a sharp 90 degrees in a counterthrust movement and entered Bastogne and relieved the defenders.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2019
When Lee, after regrouping, pointed his troops northward through the green springtime of early June, Hooker rashly proposed a counterthrust to the south.
From Time ● Jul. 2, 2013
Jack Kennedy carefully chose his ground for his counterthrust on religion, and it was plainly hostile ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hope the changes are permanent, but there could be a counterthrust.
From Time Magazine Archive
The American counterthrust hurled them back; the troops not only drove them across no-man's-land, but followed them into their own second line and made a haul of prisoners.
