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 One day before voters will ultimately choose between them, gubernatorial candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly descended upon an unlikely battleground — ruby red Polk County, where Democrats are turning out at a higher rate than Republicans. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026 This July, some ten thousand people descended on London for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 Then, a few weeks ago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials descended on her town of Wasco, a farming community of about 26,000 people. — Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2026 After the pilots emptied the bucket, the helicopter swung to the left and then rapidly descended, the report states. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 Kansas has captured America’s imagination as pundits, high-dollar donors and the president himself have descended on the state ahead of Election Day. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026 Asheville, North Carolina Two years after Hurricane Helene descended on Asheville, the creative spirit of the artsy Appalachian city is back and better than ever. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026 Some 100,000 people descended on the neighborhood, causing human traffic jams in the narrow streets. — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 Rather than entering a lower orbit and remaining there for several days before re-entry, the rocket stage may have descended immediately. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

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In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

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Netanyahu faces an international arrest warrant, experts have accused Israel of genocide, and Israel’s image has further deteriorated with a spike in settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

— Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Medical examinations initially revealed no major injury, but his condition deteriorated.

— Lance B. Fulford, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of deteriorated

Verb

Another Australian company, NextDC, plunged 40% on Wednesday after the company slashed its annual earnings forecast.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
There had been a temporary improvement but the onset of the Iran war has plunged the country back into crisis.

— Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of plunged

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Buck has long since dismounted from his high horse, but people who live in glass houses that are also occupied by Mike Darnell should probably be a bit more judicious when hucking rocks.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the owner of the carriage involved in the fatal crash suspended the driver indefinitely and plans to retire the horse, according to union officials, who said the driver improperly dismounted to take a photograph of his passengers.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

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And in 2024, a huge chunk of cliffside near the road collapsed, with onlookers sprinting from the edge as the ground crumbled.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Erin Zapcic, 43, a Medieval Times monarch who reigned for 13 years before her dynasty crumbled, leaned against her 2016 Mazda 3 and studied the concrete castle across the road.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of crumbled

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The team has dipped to a losing record for the first time all season since Week 1 and now has allowed the 3-4 Falcons a direct path to sole ownership of the NFC South later this weekend.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
The number of Americans applying for unemployment claims dipped last week to 194,000 — the lowest since mid-July — as layoffs remain low and most Americans enjoy job security.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

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Germany failed in its objective to capture Calais and Boulogne, the ports where British reinforcements disembarked, and the front settled down on a long north–south line from near Ostend in Belgium to the Swiss border.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Wasson is unambiguous about the state of mind in which the young Capra disembarked in the New World.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026