Ascend
Ascend verb - To move or extend upward.
Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Also Kes from Star Trek: Voyager, although she comes back to Voyager in a later episode (and does not re-ascend.)
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Every time you ascend in Kingdom of Loathing, things rapidly go back to the way things were at the beginning of the game, requiring you to to go back and do it all over.
Source: Reset Button - Kuririn's refusal to destroy 18, destroying the remote instead of keeping it as a back-up plan, and Vegeta's urge to face a stronger opponent allowed him to ascend to his perfect form.
Source: Idiot Plot / Anime and Manga
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Back and Ascend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascend/back
Ascend & Back. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascend/back>.
Back or Ascend. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascend/back.
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