Ascend and Drop

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Ascend

Ascend verb - To move or extend upward.
Usage example: the path ascended so steeply at one point that we had to scramble up on our hands and knees
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Drop is an antonym for ascend in topics: move up, float up, go up.
Nearby Words: ascendancy, ascent, ascendant, ascending, ascension

Drop

Drop verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop
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Ascend is an antonym for drop in topics: abandon, fall, fall in globules.
Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper
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Common collocations

idea ascend idea drop idea
system ascend system drop system
level ascend level drop level
weapons ascend weapons drop weapons

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Tribes Ascend has rectified this somewhat by simplifying the controls: for example, you can no longer drop items.
    Source: Video Game / Tribes
  • That becomes less important when this other guy comes along and plans to kill everyone via Colony Drop to ascend into Godhood.
    Source: The Good, the Bad, and the Evil
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Drop and Ascend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascend/drop
Ascend & Drop. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascend/drop>.
Drop or Ascend. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascend/drop.

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