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break thrust

break thrust

[′brāk ‚thrəst]
(geology)
A thrust fault cutting across one limb of a fold.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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O'Connor's clean break thrust the Wallabies onto the front foot and they built pressure on the All Blacks just outside the 22, but they were too congested in midfield and Ioane ran into Horwill.
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