push suddenly or violently in a specified direction

she thrust her hands into her pockets

Howard was thrust into the limelight

he thrust at his opponent with his sword

a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part

he drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust

the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine

the engine was a Russian-built Nene of higher thrust than the original models

a reverse fault of low angle, with older strata displaced horizontally over newer