Synonyms of descended (on or upon)

descended (on or upon)

verb

past tense of descend (on or upon)

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

the shock troops descended on the village without warning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• assaulted
• raided
• turned (on)
• stormed
• set at
• jumped (on)
• set on
• rounded on
• set upon
• struck
• pounced (on or upon)
• went in (on)
• charged
• flew at
• robbed
• went at
• ambushed
• tore into
• pitched into
• invaded
• rushed
• swarmed
• assailed
• beat up on
• lit into
• beset
• bushwhacked
• sicked
• trashed
• surprised
• ganged up (on)
• sicced
• sacked
• mobbed
• flanked
• ambuscaded
• besieged
• bombed
• waylaid
• surprized
• mugged
• bombarded
• plundered
• blitzed
• battered
• cannonaded
• ravaged
• looted
• buffeted
• nuked
• banged away (at)
• beleaguered
• cannoned
• bum-rushed
• plastered
• pillaged
• barraged
• harried
• enveloped
• pressed
• overran
• forayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• covered
• secured
• defended
• guarded
• shielded