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descending

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verb

present participle of descend
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as in dismounting
to come down from something (as a vehicle) the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit

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“Descending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descending. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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