de·scent
/dəˈsent/
noun
- an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling."the plane had gone into a steep descent"synonyms: going down, coming down, drop, fall, sinking, subsiding, dive, pitch, slump, downward climb, descending
- the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality."American families of Hungarian descent"synonyms: ancestry, parentage, ancestors, family, lineage, line, line of descent, extraction, origin, derivation, birth, genealogy, heredity, succession, stock, pedigree, blood, bloodline, strain, roots, origins, forefathers, antecedents, filiation, stirps
- a sudden violent attack."a descent on the enemy airstrip"synonyms: attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray, sortie, sally, storming, assailing
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The Descent
R · 2005 ‧ Horror/Adventure ‧ 1h 33m
A year after a severe emotional trauma, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) goes to North Carolina to spend some time exploring caves with her friends; after descending underground, the women find strange cave paintings and evidence of an earlier expedition,...
Release date: August 4, 2006 (USA)
Director: Neil Marshall
Screenplay: Neil Marshall
Budget: £3.5 million
Music by: David Julyan
May 30, 2024 · The meaning of DESCENT is derivation from an ancestor : birth, lineage. How to use descent in a sentence.
noun · the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: drop, fall · a downward inclination or slope. · a passage or stairway ...