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THRUST FAULT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
Synonyms:
overthrust fault; reverse fault; thrust fault
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("thrust fault" is a kind of...):
inclined fault (a geological fault in which one side is above the other)
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