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descentnoun the act or process of going to a lower level or altitudethe airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field dip, dive, down, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge comedown, decline, downfall, downgradeplummeting, sinking ascent, climb, rise, rising, soaring, upswing, upturn advance, headway, progress, progressionbetterment, improvement a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or bodythe family patriarch's heartbreaking descent into infirmity and senility debilitation, decay, decaying, declension, decline, degeneration, deterioration, ebbing, enfeeblement, weakening atrophyexhaustiondrooping, flagging, limpingregression, relapse, setback comeback, improvement, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehabilitation, revitalization, snapback invigoration, strengtheningprogressrejuvenation, rejuvenescence a change to a lower state or levelthe nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution decadence, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, dégringolade, deterioration, devolution, downfall, downgrade, ebb, eclipse, fall dark age, nadir, sunsetdecay, rotting, spoilingbreakup, crumbling, decomposition, disintegration, dissolutionabasement, debasementdepreciation, lesseningdecimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, havoc, ruin, ruinationabatement, decrease, decrement, de-escalation, deflation, diminishment, diminution, dip, downslide, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, loss, lowering, reduction, sag, shrinkage, slip, slump ascent, rise, upswing advancement, development, evolution, growthblossoming, flourishing, floweringrenewal, restoration, revitalizationheighteningaccretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, enhancement, gain, increase, increment, raise, supplement a loss of statusfor throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans comedown, decline, dégringolade, demise, down, downfall, fall, flameout, Götterdämmerung breakdown, burnout, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoingdefeat, disappointment, reversal, setbackbottom, nadirabasement, disgrace, humiliation aggrandizement, ascent, exaltation, rise, up advance, headway, progressflower, heyday, prime a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territorythe lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town foray, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid pillage, plunderaggression, assault, coup de main, offense(or offence), offensive, onset, onslaught, rush, siege, storm, strikecharge, sally, sortieambuscade, ambush, surprise(also surprize), trapair raid, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardmentcounteraggression, counterassault, counterattack, counteroffensive, counterstrike the act or action of setting upon with force or violencethe descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields aggression, assault, attack, attempt, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, coup de main, offense(or offence), offensive, onset, onslaught, raid, rush, strike ambuscade, ambushcounteraggression, counterassault, counterattack, counteroffensive, counterstrikesally, sortieenvelopment, flankingbreakthrough, foray, incursion, invasionpillage, ravage, sackair raid, bombardment, bombingsiege, stormbarrage, cannonade, fusillade, hail, salvo, volleywhammy defense, defensive, guard, shieldopposition, resistanceprotection, security, shelter the line of ancestors from whom a person is descendeda person of Finnish descent ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain heredity, successionfamily, housekin, kindred, relations, relativesrace issue, posterity, progeny, seed offspringchild, heir, inheritor, son, successor a downward slopeon bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents declension, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, downhill, fall, hang, hanging basin, depression, hollow acclivity, ascent, rise, upgrade, uphill, uprise glacis, grade, gradient, hill, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, tilt in the 14th century |