THRUST Copy link • THRUST 1. v. trudere (general term): pellere (to drive): fodere (so as to pierce) aliquem or aliquid aliqua re. ☞ Perfodere in this sense only in inferior or poetical prose; in classical prose it always means “to thrust through.” Thrust at, petere. Thrust down, detrudere. Thrust into, trudere in (☞ not intrudere): detrudere in: pellere in. Thrust out, extrudere (Vid: proper word): expellere (to drive out): exturbare (to drive out with violence): ejicere (to cast out). (The words are found in this connection and order.) intrudere et ejicere: exterminare (to drive away from a territory or a house): excludere: removere (to exclude, shut out). To thrust one out of the Senate, aliquem ejicere e senatu; aliquem movere senatu or de senatu; aliquem movere loco senatorio. 2. s. petitio (a blow aimed): plaga: ictus (a blow inflicted). In other cases usually by the verb, trudere, etc. To make a home-thrust; Vid. HOME, adjective.