Race
Race verb - To engage in a contest.
Thrust
Thrust verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.
Nearby Word: thrusting
How words are described
| good | good race | good thrust |
| normal | normal race | normal thrust |
| complete | complete race | complete thrust |
| original | original race | original thrust |
| Other adjectives: single, powerful, actual, entire, main, advanced, upcoming. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In James Blish's story "Titan's Daughter," one of a race of persecuted genetically engineered superhumans discovers a non-Newtonian force, a thrust at a distance with no recoil.
Source: Reed Richards Is Useless - As if it wasnt enough that he had begun seeing creatures that no one else could, he is suddenly thrust into the position of liaison to an alien race.
Source: Literature / Dying Embers -
Only very indirectly related to the small rocket motors used to provide retrograde thrust to an orbiting spacecraft (which even the earliest Space Race orbiters had).
Source: Retro Rocket
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