different between thrust vs blitzkrieg

English

Etymology

From Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijan?, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

thrust (countable and uncountable, plural thrusts)

1. (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

2. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

3. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

4. (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

Synonyms

• (push, stab, or lunge forward): break, dart, grab
• (force generated by propulsion): lift, push
• (primary effort or goal): focus, gist, point

Translations

Verb

thrust (third-person singular simple present thrusts, present participle thrusting, simple past and past participle thrust or thrusted)

1. (intransitive) To make advance with force.

2. (transitive) To force something upon someone.

3. (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

   • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

4. (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
5. (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
   • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero

     And thrust between my father and the god.

6. To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Synonyms

• (advance with force): attack, charge, rush
• (force upon someone): compel, charge, force
• (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully): dart, reach, stab

Translations

Anagrams

• 'struth, Hurtts, struth, thurst, truths

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).

Noun

blitzkrieg (plural blitzkriegs)

1. A fast, sudden military offensive, usually combining ground forces with air support.

Derived terms

• blitz

Translations

See also

• sitzkrieg

Further reading

• blitzkrieg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?ts.kri?/
• Hyphenation: blits?krieg

Noun

blitzkrieg m (uncountable)

1. blitzkrieg

Synonyms

• bliksemoorlog

Portuguese

Noun

blitzkrieg f or m (in variation) (plural blitzkriegs)

1. blitzkrieg (fast military offensive)

   Synonym: guerra-relâmpago