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descended on

descended on is the simple past and past participle of descend on.

Meaning of descend on

Verb

descend on (third-person singular simple present descends on, present participle descending on, simple past and past participle descended on)

  1. Synonym of descend upon.
    • A coterie of aspiring Martians will descend on Washington, D.C. on Saturday (Aug. 3) for the first Million Martian Meeting.2013, Tanya Lewis, Applicants for One-Way Mars Trip to Descend on Washington
    Synonyms:
    descend upon

Questions about descended on

What is descended on the simple past and past participle of?
Descended on is the simple past and past participle of descend on.

Words near descended on in the dictionary

  1. descendant
  2. descendantless
  3. descendants
  4. descended
  5. descended into the arena
  6. descended on
  7. descended upon
  8. descendedst
  9. descendence
  10. descendences
  11. descendency

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Adapted from Wiktionary: descended on (page history and authors); descend on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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