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 […]

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