subductionnoun [ U ]
uk/sʌbˈdʌk.ʃən/us/sʌbˈdʌk.ʃən/specializeda situation in which of one of the earth's plates (= the large layer of rock that the earth's surface is made of) slides under another, often causing an earthquake or volcano
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