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overthrust

noun, verb, adj — 3 senses

overthrust

noun

Etymology From over- + thrust.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Ambitransitive A form of thrust fault from beneath a hanging wall of rock.

overthrust

verb

Etymology From over- + thrust.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Of a body of rock: to force itself over another.

overthrust

adj

Etymology From over- + thrust.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Belonging to earlier strata, pushed by faulting over later and higher strata.

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