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descent
Synonyms and Antonyms of descent
- the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field
- the family patriarch's heartbreaking descent into infirmity and senility
- the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution
breakup, crumbling, decomposition, disintegration, dissolution
decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, havoc, ruin, ruination
abatement, decrease, decrement, de-escalation, deflation, diminishment, diminution, dip, downslide, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, loss, lowering, reduction, sag, shrinkage, slip, slump
- for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans
- the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town
aggression, assault, coup de main, offense (or offence), offensive, onset, onslaught, rush, siege, storm, strike
ambuscade, ambush, surprise (also surprize), trap
air raid, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment
counteraggression, counterassault, counterattack, counteroffensive, counterstrike
- the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields
- a person of Finnish descent
- on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents
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