1. to pull or draw away, withdraw, or remove
Usage: formal; rare
2. to force one tectonic plate beneath another at a convergent boundary
Usage: geology

Examples

• The oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate.
• Scientists study how one tectonic plate subducts under another.
• The process causes the denser plate to subduct into the mantle.
• Volcanic activity often occurs where plates subduct.
• The court ordered him to subduct the disputed amount from the settlement.
• She decided to subduct her previous statement from the record.