Upthrow

Origin

From - + throw.

Full definition of upthrow

Verb

1. (archaic, poetic) To throw or cast upwards.
• 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.29:For fifty tons of water were upthrown
  By them per hour ....
2. (geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
3. (geology, intransitive, of a mass of material) To be thrown up from below, causing a fault.

Noun

1. (geology) A fault in which a mass of material has been thrown up from below.

Anagrams

• throw up, throw-up, throwup