upthrown
Tossed toward sky
Upthrown describes something thrown or thrust upward.
In geology, it refers to the side of a fault that has been displaced upward relative to the other side: the upthrown block, the upthrown side of the fault.
The term is technical and appears almost exclusively in geological contexts.
Held accountable for error
- displacedShifted from proper location
- upliftedMade happier or higher
- thrustForceful forward motion
- tiltedAngled from vertical
shifted · heaved · raised · block · scarp · outcrop · strata · bedrock
faulted
Held accountable for error
tilted · shifted · heaved · raised · block · scarp · outcrop · strata · bedrock · tectonic
hurled
Threw with force
pitched · lobbed · heaved · launched · projected · catapulted · lifted · raised · propelled · ejected
raised
Lifted higher up
upheld · propped · jacked · supported · suspended · heightened · boosted · upreared
upthrowndownfaulted
Displaced downward tectonically
dropped · subsided · downcast · thrown down · depressed