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descent

noun as in line of ancestry

noun as in deterioration

noun as in assault, attack

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While the competitor goggles performed just fine, Tate and I both preferred the Julbos so much that we bickered at 12,850 feet over who would get to wear them on the descent.

The descent is a gentle one via the via the South Ridge and Canon Brook Trails, which afford ocean views much of the way.

If you’re in a neutral state of mind, you can recognize the descent into the conspiracy theories, and the inability to acknowledge the facts of the situation.

From Vox

About three minutes after lifting off, it leveled off at an altitude of about 10,000 to 11,000 feet for almost a minute before a rapid descent to the water in just 14 seconds, according to Flightradar24’s tracking data.

From Fortune

McClain’s time aboard the ISS spanned from December 2018 to June of 2019, meaning her ascent and descent were both aboard Russia’s Soyuz capsules, as astronauts have gotten to and from space since the Shuttle days.

The feisty airline is the brainchild of entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian of Indian descent who also is a British citizen.

But then the summit gives way to the other side of the hill, and a childlike glee arises from the whooooosh of the descent.

His sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable.

This descent and all of its trials serve as metaphors for the brutal task of breaking the chains of guilt, fear, and doubt.

Aristotle is not typically remembered as the father of naturalists, but Darwin acknowledged a line of intellectual descent.

We dismounted, and speedily found that MacRae hadn't exaggerated the evil qualities of that descent.

He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.

We followed the upland past the end of the Stone till we found a slope that didn't require wings for descent.

Massed on the plateau above the mule-path, the whole population of the village stood to watch them down the steep descent.

But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

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On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to descent, such as: plunge, slide, coast, crash, declension, and declination.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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