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- noun Plural form of
overthrust .
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Examples
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Some creationists like to claim that overthrusts and overturning have not been demonstrated in every case.
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That line of fold mountains, with the three higher overthrusts ...
Dinosaur Planet McCaffrey, Anne 1978
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Lyells genial uniformity seemed genial still, for nothing had taken its place, though, in the interval, granite had grown young, nothing had been explained, and a bewildering system of huge overthrusts had upset geological mechanics.
Twilight (1901) 1918
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That line of fold mountains, with the three higher overthrusts ... "
Cattle Town 2010
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