DESCENDING (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

descending (on or upon)

verb

present participle of descend (on or upon)

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against the shock troops descended on the village without warning

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Iran has bombarded several of its neighbors’ data centers, and the United States responded by attacking one of Iran’s.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
That’s in stark contrast to their arachnid cousins, spiders, whose females that tend to be violent, attacking and eating the males.

— Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacking

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The former Charlotte bus driver, who just unsuccessfully ran for a Mecklenburg County Commission at-large seat, faces charges of assaulting a federal agent while on federal property.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Cameras are located inside the room, and investigators obtained a search warrant to try and get video evidence of Riley allegedly assaulting the children.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of assaulting

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Fatal influence cut off their offense, but Brie came storming back with a big right hand.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Moroccan forces beat back crowds with batons and tear gas at the gates to Ceuta, trying to prevent more from storming across into the tiny Spanish territory that juts on a spit of sandy land into the Mediterranean from Morocco.

— Michael Francis Gore, USA Today, 31 July 2026

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But the Owens family’s 300-year-old curse carries one generation forward, striking Sally’s daughter Kylie and her lover (Xolo Maridueña), who gets hit by a car while bicycling with several bouquets of roses.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
Investigators allege Zhengfeng then approached the open trunk and fired a gun into it before deputies returned fire, striking him.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of striking

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