descent
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definition
noun
the plane had gone into a steep descent
an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling.
American families of Hungarian descent
the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
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It is a small effort worth making if we want to avoid a 'descent' into widespread anarchy, terrorism, pandemics of global disease, and other avoidable calamities.
Partly Spanish by ancestry, he claimed 'descent' on his father's side from the Scottish monarchy.
An estate is either ancestral or nonancestral; or, as this court says, there are two modes of acquiring title to property, one by 'descent' or inheritance and the other by purchase or by the act or agreement of the parties.
The two climbers, then in their 20s, did reach the summit, but after a fall on the 'descent' , Thomas suffered a severe leg injury.
the ancient empire's slow 'descent' into barbarism
The idea is to prevent my back from arching and my legs from dropping during the 'descent' .
During the 'descent' , four members of his group fell to their deaths.
These entries suggest that people of African origins or 'descent' , although very much a minority, were not unusual in sixteenth-century London.
Despite valiant efforts from the cast, the two hours that follow it prove to be nothing more than a 'descent' into the quicksand of mediocrity.
The absence of any semblance of discipline is to blame for this 'descent' into moral turpitude.
It is the steepest 'descent' on the course, and runs for nearly 2 miles.
It is an overwhelming, confusing, meandering 'descent' into seasonal decline.
Many families of Luxembourger 'descent' today also include traditions from the more mainstream Anglo- and German-American cultures.
This 'descent' into enmity is not just one party's fault.
Prior to the final touch down, the spacecraft shuts down the propulsion engine and enters into a free fall 'descent' .
During 'descent' , you should gently equalize your ears and mask.
The only alternative to denying responsibility appears to be a complete loss of control - a 'descent' into chaos.
It is slightly worrying that I should become obsessed with this again and I think it may signal a 'descent' into nervous break-down.
The more I think about this, and as I write it, it rather does seem less a quirky singularity, and more of an onrushing 'descent' into a foggy loopiness.
Upon pulling them on, I started my slow 'descent' down the stairs.
Their rulers claimed 'descent' from a common ancestor.
From there a steep 'descent' north took us to the edge of another plantation where a well-used footpath dropped down through the trees to a broad track.
In the process he drove himself to exhaustion, and began a tragic 'descent' into paranoia and self-destruction.
The images sent back to Earth partially overlap, due to the probe's rotation during the 'descent' and due to the overlap between the fields of view of the different cameras.
They possessed significantly more knowledge of Irish politics and history than those claiming no Irish 'descent' .
He first provided against a sudden 'descent' upon the city by rebuilding the walls of Rome, which remain to this day and are known as the walls of Aurelian.
Indeed, common place of origin is often connected with genos, one's origins by common 'descent' and parentage.
The outcome will be a sexual identity free-for-all, and a further 'descent' into a moral vacuum.
After a quick tour of the mine facilities, the party re-boarded the little train, sans locomotive, for the 'descent' was to be made by gravity.
Resist the pull of the gravity on the 'descent' and force the weight to move slowly back to the start.
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