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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