descents
Trips toward bottom
Descents is the plural of descent—downward movements or slopes.
The word covers physical descending: The plane began its descent, a steep descent into the valley.
It also means lineage or ancestry: She traces her descents from three European countries.
A descent into something negative suggests gradual decline: descents into madness, descents into chaos.
Recorded chains of descent
- bloodlinesLines of hereditary descent
- genealogiesRecords of family descent
- heritagesInherited cultural traditions
- pedigreesAncestral descent records
ancestries · origins · family trees · inheritances · forebears · progenitors · dynasties · roots
Angled ground surfaces
- dropsDescends or releases
- fallsDescends or declines
- plungesDrops abruptly downward
- dipsBrief lowerings or immersions
declines · lowerings · downhills · gradients · inclines · precipices · pitches · grades
Rope-controlled cliff descents
- abseilsDescends using rope friction
- climbsAscends by effort
- expeditionsOrganized journeys for exploration
- summitsHighest elevations or conferences
base camps · ropes · belays · crampons · anchors · pitches · routes · carabiners
Reaching the ground
- approachesWays of doing something
- glide pathsAngles of aircraft descent
- touchdownsFootball scoring plays
- altitudesVertical distances upward
runways · final approaches · flight paths · air traffic · cockpits · pilots · aircraft · nosedives
lineages
Recorded chains of descent
- bloodlinesLines of hereditary descent
- genealogiesRecords of family descent
- heritagesInherited cultural traditions
pedigrees · ancestries · origins · family trees · inheritances · forebears · progenitors · dynasties · roots · extractions
slopes
Angled ground surfaces
dips · declines · lowerings · downhills · gradients · inclines · precipices · pitches · grades · steepness
rappels
Rope-controlled cliff descents
- abseilsDescends using rope friction
- climbsAscends by effort
- expeditionsOrganized journeys for exploration
summits · base camps · ropes · belays · crampons · anchors · pitches · routes · carabiners · harnesses
landings
Reaching the ground
- approachesWays of doing something
- glide pathsAngles of aircraft descent
- touchdownsFootball scoring plays
altitudes · runways · final approaches · flight paths · air traffic · cockpits · pilots · aircraft · nosedives · spirals
attacks
Aggressive hostile actions
- invasionsArmed entries into territory
- incursionsBrief hostile entries
- foraysBrief ventures into territory
onslaughts · assaults · sorties · strikes · swoops · charges · advances · raids · pillages · plunders
- off-roadingoff-road, 4x4s, ATVs, 4WD, four-wheel drive
- slopesslope, incline, slopes, inclines, grade
- cycling terrainsingletrack, trails, dirt, climbs, hills
- race course featuresstarting line, finish line, mile markers, water stations, aid stations
- pilotingtakeoff, landing, climbing, cruising, turns
- terrain featuresmountains, hills, canyons, ridges, cliffs
descentsascents
Upward movements or slopes
climbs · ascensions · rises · escalations · elevations
descentsancestries
Family lines traced back
origins · progenitors · forebears · roots · antecedents
descentsascents
Upward movements or slopes
rises · improvements · advancements · elevations · progressions
- descend onArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- descend uponArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- descent into madnessProgressive loss of sanity
- controlled descentIntentional, regulated falling
- descending orderArrangement from greatest downward
- African descentAncestry from Africa
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