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
Rumanian forces, goaded on by German support, had trouble crossing the Prut, and Russia's most successful counterthrust made its way across the Danube toward Constantsa.
From Time Magazine Archive
You can have so much harmony that there will not be enough of the thrust and counterthrust which is life—enough of the competition which means effort and progress.
From My Life and Work by Henry Ford
