THRUSTING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

thrusting

verb

present participle of thrust

as in pushing

to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse

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as in rising

to move or extend upward the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley

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Recent Examples of thrusting Zohran Mamdani’s anti-business, anti-wealth crusade is thrusting the city into a death spiral — fewer businesses and residents mean higher taxes, since local leaders won’t cut spending, driving even more to leave. —

Liz Peek, Washington Post, 4 May 2026 The Orlando teammates shared a quick high-five before thrusting the air awfully close to one another. —

Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Each actor elevates and pushes the other toward greatness, parrying and thrusting in excruciating exchanges and switching from vulnerability to anger in a matter of seconds. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 Elizabeth’s father became King George VI, thrusting the young princess into the spotlight as heir to throne. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 After fighting to find their way back to one another, Henry and Julia were at the standing stones of Craig Na Dun, hoping to return to their own time, and Brian and Ellen’s romantic escape was interrupted as the 1715 Jacobite Rising began, thrusting the clans into war. —

Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 The long-running series is enjoying its latest act on Netflix after previously airing on Fox and USA, tantalizing viewers by thrusting four couples due for a reckoning into an exotic locale overflowing with sultry singles whose only goal is to flirt. —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026 Sharpton's National Action Network Convention is thrusting the emerging race out into the open. —

Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 But soon into the hip-thrusting performance, the mic was abruptly shut off and everyone had to go home. —

Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

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Schumer also vowed Democrats will use other tools to fight the ballroom spending, which the White House says is strictly for security enhancements, including by pushing the Senate parliamentarian to strike the ballroom money from the budget bill.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Ilango’s approach gets around limitations of zero-knowledge proofs that researchers have long thought insurmountable, pushing the boundaries of what such a proof can be.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026