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Definition upthrust in American English

upthrust noun

noun
/ˈʌpˌθrʌst/
1

the force that a liquid or gas directs upward on an object that is floating on it

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2

a large piece of rock that has moved upward in a crack in the Earth's surface

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Definition upthrust in American English