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underthrust
verb un·der·thrust \ˌən-dər-ˈthrəst\
un·der·thrustun·der·thrust·ing
Definition of UNDERTHRUST
transitive verb
: to insert (a faulted rock mass) into position under a passive rock mass
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First Known Use of UNDERTHRUST
1893
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