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Descent Roget’s Thesaurus §306

N. descent, descension, # declension, declination, fall, falling, slump, drop, plunge, plummet, cadence, subsidence, collapse, lapse, downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch, cropper, culbute, titubation, stumble, fate of icarus, avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide, declivity, dip, hill, rappel

V. descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper

Adj. descending, descendent, decurrent, decursive, labent, deciduous, nodding to its fall

Adv. downhill, downwards

Phr. the bottom fell out