subduct
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subduct
- /sʌbˈdʌkt/
Rhymes with -ʌkt
Where it comes from
From Latin subductus.
verb subducts · subducting · subducted
- To push under or below. The upper tectonic plate had been subducting the lower one for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.
- To move downwards underneath something. This tectonic plate had been subducting for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.
- To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard. He wished to subduct the caveat that he had entered earlier.
