"home thrust" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: home thrusts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} home thrust (plural home thrusts)
  1. A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.
    Sense id: en-home_thrust-en-noun-HsM3JhOP
  2. (figurative) A personal attack. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-home_thrust-en-noun-K-PiPPw4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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