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descend
/dɪˈsɛnd/
verb
To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.
"The rain descended, and the floods came."
To enter mentally; to retire.
(with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
"And on the suitors let thy wrath descend."
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