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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock. ambitransitive

Verb

1. 1
   Of a body of rock: to force itself over another. intransitive

Adjective

1. 1
   Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata. not-comparable

Etymology

From over- + thrust.

Related phrases

thrust fault

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