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  1. upthrown: Merriam-Webster
  2. upthrown: Wordnik
  3. upthrown: Wiktionary
  4. upthrown: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (upthrow)

verb:  (archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
verb:  (geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
verb:  (geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.
noun:  (geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.
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