subducting

Verb

subduct (third-person singular simple present subducts, present participle subducting, simple past and past participle subducted)

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (intransitive) To move downwards underneath something.
   • This tectonic plate had been subducting for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.
3. (otherwise uncommon) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
   • He wished to subduct the caveat that he had entered earlier.