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megathrusts

megathrusts is the plural of megathrust.

Meaning of megathrust

Noun

megathrust (plural megathrusts)

  1. A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting in a major earthquake.
    • On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., a magnitude-9 undersea megathrust earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 458

Questions about megathrusts

What is megathrusts the plural of?
Megathrusts is the plural of megathrust.

Words near megathrusts in the dictionary

  1. megathrombocyte
  2. megathrombocytes
  3. megathrombocytopenia
  4. megathrombocytosis
  5. megathrust
  6. megathrusts
  7. megathymid
  8. megathymids
  9. megatick
  10. megaticks
  11. megatidal

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