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Subduction

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Word	Definition
dippingnoun	An act or process of immersing.
accretionnoun	(uncountable, also figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
ophiolitesnoun	(geology) An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island.
submergementnoun	The act of submerging.
plungenoun	The act of plunging or submerging.
subduingverb	The act of something being subdued.
subversionnoun	A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.
subduementnoun	(obsolete) subdual; act of subduing
submergernoun	(rare) Someone or something that submerges.
detrusionnoun	(archaic) A downward out outward thrust.
subdualnoun	An act of subduing; a successful defeat.
subduernoun	One who, or that which, subdues.
undershiftnoun	An unfitted undergarment that covers the torso.
downflexverb	(intransitive) To bend or stretch downward.
subsidencenoun	The process of becoming less active or severe.
downshiftnoun	A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
subdissectionnoun	The act, or the result of subdissecting
abstrusionnoun	(rare) The act of thrusting away.
downcast	Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
underdragverb	(transitive) To exert pull on the underside of (something).