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Princeton's WordNet

  1. upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust(noun)

    (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

Wiktionary

  1. upthrow(Noun)

    A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.

  2. upthrow(Verb)

    To throw or cast upwards.

  3. upthrow(Verb)

    To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.

  4. upthrow(Verb)

    To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Upthrow(verb)

    to throw up

  2. Upthrow(noun)

    see Throw, n., 9

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