Descend and Fell

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Descend verb - To lead or extend downward.

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Fell is a synonym for descend. In some cases you can use "Fell" instead a verb "Descend".

Fell verb - To strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall.

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Descend is a synonym for fell. Sometimes you can use "Descend" instead a verb "Fell".

Nearby Words: felled, fella, felling

moment	descend moment	fell moment
time	descend time	fell time
way	descend way	fell way
world	descend world	fell world
Other words: bit, times, stories, trees, floors.

Unless one takes the view that the cut hair fell away from the tower before she could descend, leaving her trapped in there to die alone.

Source: Literature / Rapunzel
As a result, the fly would continue walking over to the second ladder, feeling smug that it had avoided the water trap - until it started to descend the second ladder and fell to its death because the President had left off one of the ladder's rungs near the top.

Source: Literature / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

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