detrude

American

[dih-trood] / dɪˈtrud /

verb (used with object)

detruded, detruding

to thrust out or away.
to thrust or force down.

detrude British

/ dɪˈtruːd, dɪˈtruːʒən /

verb

(tr) to force down or thrust away or out

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Other Word Forms

detrusion noun

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

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