downthrow

English

Etymology

down +‎ throw

Noun

downthrow (plural downthrows)

1. (geology) A depression of the strata on one side of a fault
2. Ruin; defeat.
   • 1821, William Oxberry, The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote:

     These continued, led to the downthrow of the Russian expedition. The French, however, nothing daunted, pushed on, and arrived near Moscow […]

Related terms

• downthrown

Anagrams

• throw down, throw-down, throwdown