descended (on or upon)

verb

Definition of descended (on or upon)next
past tense of descend (on or upon)
as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against the shock troops descended on the village without warning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descended (on or upon)
  1. attacked
  2. assaulted
  3. raided
  4. struck
  5. charged
Verb
  • The site has previously been attacked by Ukrainian drones.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Two months after the end of the Korean War, the United States signed a bilateral mutual security treaty with South Korea in which Washington committed to come to Seoul’s aid if it were attacked.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • One of the officers who was assaulted was Brian Sicknick.
    Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
  • On June 16, 1952, Corporal Fred McGee’s unit assaulted fortified enemy positions near Tang-Wan-Ni Korea.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of assaulted
Verb
  • Troops raided Kamal Adwan in October, and on Tuesday troops stormed and evacuated the Indonesian Hospital.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Israeli forces previously raided Kamal Adwan in October and stormed the Indonesian Hospital earlier this week, forcing its evacuation.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of raided
Verb
  • But the photos in that email, from camera traps in the Andes mountains, struck him as different.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Puerto Rico continues to struggle with chronic power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid that was razed by Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 4 storm that struck the island in September 2017.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of struck
Verb
  • Now, Morgan is being charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and leaving the scene of the accident, both felonies.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Five people have been charged in connection with former One Direction singer Liam Payne's death after a fatal fall at an Argentina hotel in October.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of charged
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“Descended (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descended%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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