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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Collins faces Democrat Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate leader who stepped in to the race after scandals felled nominee Graham Platner in July.

— Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of fell

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The restoration team replaced the building’s roof and windows, which had deteriorated over years of neglect.

— Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
The dominance of drone warfare in this conflict makes aboveground travel extremely dangerous, and services and supplies have deteriorated sharply since May.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of deteriorated

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Bottoms defeated Rick Jackson, a billionaire who plunged more than $200 million of his own money into the race.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
SpaceX and Tesla, both engaged in the AI and data center businesses, plunged around 5% in early Wednesday trading.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of plunged

Verb

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 while unstable coalitions repeatedly fused and dissolved in the halls of power, outside these halls pipes burst and roads crumbled.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of crumbled

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Media Networks, which includes the studio’s TV channels and Crunchyroll, dipped from $913 million to $896 million.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
Eala made an international splash and has already dipped her toes into the fashion world, attending Tory Burch and Calvin Klein fashion shows during New York Fashion Week.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

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The 6-year-old disembarked with several other young students and attempted to cross the busy intersection of Barrington and Lanecrest drives.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
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