DESCENDED Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

descended

verb

Definition of descended next

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 Surveillance video captured the dramatic end to the crash, including when a man flew out of the truck, rolled onto the ground and stood up before law enforcement descended on the scene. —

Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 14 May 2026 Outside the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson descended the stairs to a lectern. —

Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 And as fate would have it, art fair season has officially descended on New York like a fabulous spring shower. —

Max Berlinger, Vogue, 14 May 2026 An upscale steakhouse in West Little Rock, Arkansas, descended into chaos on Mother's Day when the staff failed to show the proper level of respect to the TikTok food influencers who entered their establishment. —

Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026 Randy Magnotta of Rescue 141 descended into the drain and rescued four baby ducklings, fire officials said. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026 And the Waymo fleet in San Francisco descended into chaos when a power outage left the streets without working traffic lights last December. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026 The Tories, as they are known, had descended into a political psychodrama that had delivered four leaders in as many years. —

Alexander Smith, NBC news, 12 May 2026 And mere days before the art world descended on Venice for the preview week, the entire jury resigned, presumably related to their prior decision to exclude countries charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, which would include both Israel and Russia. —

Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 7 May 2026

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But they were felled by poor shooting Friday, making just 35% overall and were particularly bad from long range.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 May 2026
But before he was felled at age 68 by a heart attack, Joiner had shared what was in the briefcase with the lead Louisiana State Police investigator on the case, Stefan Montgomery, Joiner's son and the LSP confirmed.

— Stephanie Gosk, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026