groundward

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The sensors actually detect the neutrons created in the upper atmosphere when high-speed particles slam into the nuclei of atoms of gases, knocking them apart and sending the neutrons groundward.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 6, 2012

From a transmitting antenna on one wing, radio waves are bounced groundward, caught on the rebound by a receiving antenna on the other wing.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shy blue eyes met mine for an instant before 230 they fluttered groundward.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

Running down the trunk in the glaring spiral of a fresh scar two hand-breadths wide went the swath along which the bolt had plunged groundward.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.

I trembled when He clasped me round, yet groundward durst not bend, I must not fall to lap of earth, but stand fast to the end.

From Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days by Hickey, Emily