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 In video posted from Kathmandu on Wednesday, Thrall said that the Polish climber was battling frostbite and had descended with the Sherpa guide Thrall was climbing with, leaving Hillary Dawa and him to descend together. —

Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 June 2026 British climber Chris Thrall, who had descended with Dawa Sherpa from high on the mountain, said the guide stopped briefly to rest during the difficult descent but never caught back up with the group. —

Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 June 2026 On Thursday afternoon, a swarm of federal agents and Los Angeles police officers descended on MacArthur Park with military vehicles and a loudspeaker warning that those using narcotics would be subject to search and detention. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Soccer fans descended on Rockefeller Center on June 4, 2026, to trade Panini stickers, with the goal of filling their albums with all 980. —

Luis Miguel Echegaray, CBS News, 4 June 2026 The artist behind the series descended into poverty following the breakdown that left her unable to paint; years later her teen daughter, Indigo, herself a gifted artist, is barely keeping the two of them afloat. —

Literary Hub, 2 June 2026 On May 5, three people dressed in waterproof hip waders and other protective gear pried open a maintenance hole cover and descended into the sewer on a street in Queens. —

ABC News, 2 June 2026 The media descended on Fort Lauderdale in force. —

Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 June 2026 On May 25, hundreds of young people descended on 57th Street Beach in Hyde Park as Chicago police moved in to disperse them. —

Desmon Yancy, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026

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Piccotto effectively plays the regret of a mother forced to reckon with the loss of a child, the horror of engaging with that child again, while also grappling with her own role as a mother felled by the scourge of addiction.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
In a Western Conference Final where a few other key Colorado Avalanche players are already playing through injuries, the NHL’s leading goal scorer this season was felled trying to prevent someone else from scoring.

— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 May 2026