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n. An upward thrust, especially of part of the earth's crust.

v. To thrust or be thrusted upward. Used especially of the earth's crust.

n. an upward thrust

n. buoyancy

n. an upward movement of part of the Earth's crust

v. to thrust something upwards

v. to be thrust upwards

n. A thrust in an upward direction; in geology, an upheaval; an uplift.

n. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

"There were grim rock isles and islets beyond counting, dim snow-covered ranges beyond, and everywhere upstanding cliffs too steep for snow, outjuts of headlands, and pinnacles and slivers of rock upthrust from the boiling sea."

rising    rise    ascension    ascent   

time-smoothed    carpenters'    outcropping    macro-economic    finger-thick