DESCENDED Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

descended

verb

past tense of descend

as in fell

to lead or extend downward the pathway descends to the river bank

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as in deteriorated

to become worse or of less value the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room

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as in plunged

to go to a lower level especially abruptly leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind wait for the elevator to descend

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as in dismounted

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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Recent Examples of descended Nirmal Kumar, 44, a businessman, said what began as a leisurely trip descended into chaos within minutes as a storm lashed the boat. — ABC News, 13 July 2026 On a balmy June evening, a crowd of vampire obsessives descended upon the Upper West Side’s Beacon Theatre in a sea of black and red. — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026 Within minutes of arriving at the location where Musallet was killed, Israeli settlers descended on the area. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 This latest in-person event was a far cry from the game’s first in 2017, when thousands of players descended upon Chicago only to find their poké-plans scuttled by network overloads and software issues that Niantic took ultimately credit for. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 10 July 2026 But last weekend’s mayhem, in which thousands descended on the community and more than 400 ended up under arrest, has hit Newport Beach differently, spurring calls for the city leaders to take decisive action. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The early Cold War liberals had read their history books and seen how the French Revolution had begun with high progressive hopes but descended into a vicious bloodbath. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 For decades, the top players in the sport have descended on this town in upstate New York known for its mineral springs and top-notch horse racing. — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 From the first whistle until fans exited the parking lots, Colombian supporters who descended upon Kansas City made quite a racket. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026

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Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of fell

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The relationship between Cassidy and Kennedy has deteriorated after Cassidy criticized Kennedy’s vaccine policies.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 July 2026
What began as a low-level juvenile case became five years in secure custody as his behavior deteriorated and new charges accumulated.

— Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Definition of deteriorated

Verb

For Friday’s clash between Spain and Belgium, prices have plunged 65%, according to TickPick, a secondary ticket marketplace.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Though brief, Yoon’s martial law declaration plunged South Korea into a political crisis, paralyzing politics and high-level diplomacy while rattling financial markets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of plunged

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At the height of Venezuela’s earthquake response, as rescue crews searched crumbled and flattened buildings for signs of life, one worker named Tsunami was supposed to be taking a rare break in the shade.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
With the mountain of new evidence presented by the prosecution during this week’s hearings, those theories have effectively crumbled.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Definition of crumbled

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Shares dipped below their IPO price of $135 on Wednesday morning for the first time since listing, a humbling loss for the stock, which had skyrocketed more than 50% in its first days of trading last month.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Public problems and progress SpaceX shares have dipped below their $135 IPO price for the first time, wiping out more than $1 trillion from the value of Elon Musk's group.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of dipped

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May 11, 2026Oceanwide Expeditions says 87 guests and 35 crew members from 22 counties have disembarked the ship and returned home, and the boat is now en route to the Netherlands with 25 crew members and two medical professionals on board.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Lionel Messi disembarked from a private jet with his family at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on July 11, 2023, following a Caribbean vacation.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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Five of six different brain tests showed diranersen recipients’ memory and other cognitive abilities still worsened but more slowly than those given dummy shots, Mummery said.

— Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Neighbors who saw smoke coming from the home reached Bo and Addie before conditions worsened.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 July 2026