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Downthrow

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Defeat; ruin.

    "These continued, led to the downthrow of the Russian expedition. The French, however, nothing daunted, pushed on, and arrived near Moscow […]"

  2. 2
    A depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault.

    "The geology at the site is mainly sandstone and shale overlaid with boulder clay, and is extremely confused. The ground is badly faulted, and at Micklam [Point], near Whitehaven, there is a downthrow of 480 ft."

Etymology

From down + throw.

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