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outthrust

noun as in protuberance

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Moving slowly forward, his outthrust hands struck a wooden panel which proved to be a door.

He seized Bart by the shoulder and Bart moved to throw him off, so that Ringg's outthrust claws raked only his forearm.

Then, with eyes flaming and legs outthrust, he stood in front of the girl, facing the worshippers.

And he advanced upon the points of his toes, shoulders hunched, and head viciously outthrust.

He was carefully investigating a lamp-post for a trace of moss when a beady-eyed urchin approached him with outthrust hand.

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On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to outthrust, such as: lump, nodule, wart, blob, bump, and bunch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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