ascend vs thrust

ascend

verb
  • To move upward, to fly, to soar. 

  • To slope in an upward direction. 

  • To become higher in pitch. 

  • To succeed. 

  • To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.). 

  • To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman. 

  • To go up. 

  • To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc. 

thrust

verb
  • To make advance with force. 

  • To stab; to pierce; usually with through. 

  • To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. 

  • To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully. 

  • To push or drive with force; to shove. 

  • To force something upon someone. 

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

  • An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point. 

  • The primary effort; the goal. 

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

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