destructive plate boundary definition
Confidence votes 68.2K. Rockhound. In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary or convergent plate boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide. destructive plate boundary may also be formed between Oceanic plates and Continental plates. Japan is an example of two oceanic plates colliding against each other and an example of two continental plates colliding is the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plate. 22 people found this useful.