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descent upon

noun as in first strike

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A curtain that halts in its descent upon the actors endangers the effect of the entire Play.

Seven French privateers made a descent upon the islands on the coast, committing horrible excesses.

A descent upon Corunna however completed what Drake called his "singeing of the Spanish king's beard."

Helen hurried in, wiping her hands on her apron and rescuing the baby from an ignominious descent upon her nose on the way.

Such is the simplest version of the simplest story connected with the descent upon Dearsley.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to descent upon, such as: descent on, preemptive nuclear attack, preventive strike, preventive war, and surgical strike.

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

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