detrude
Americanverb (used with object)
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to thrust out or away.
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to thrust or force down.
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of detrude
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin dētrūdere to thrust down, drive away, equivalent to dē- de- + trūdere to thrust, drive, force
Example Sentences
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Tombs, with bare white piteous bones protruded, Shroudless, down the loose collapsing banks, Crumble, from their constant place detruded, That the sea devours and gives not thanks.
From Studies in Song by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
At thy command the vernal sun awakes The torpid sap, detruded to the root By wintry winds, that now in fluent dance, And lively fermentation, mounting, spreads All this innumerous-colour'd scene of things.
From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various
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