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Synonyms & Antonyms of descend
- the pathway descends to the river bank
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- the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room
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- atrophy,
- crumble,
- decay,
- decline,
- degenerate,
- deteriorate,
- devolve,
- ebb,
- regress,
- retrograde,
- rot,
- sink,
- worsen
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Phrases Synonymous with descend
- go to pot,
- go to seed
- (or run to seed)
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- leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind
- wait for the elevator to descend
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- the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit
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The first known use of descend was in the 14th century
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