Descend
Proceed
Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.
Descend and proceed are semantically related in originate topic. Sometimes you can use "Descend" instead a verb "Proceed".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Ironically, it's subverted AND reversed in the same series (early on no less): Bright himself ends up getting Falcon Punched courtesy of Bask Ohm, right before the other present Titans descend and proceed to knock the propellant out of him.
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Unless you allow the Big Bad to proceed with his plan, in which case, they descend upon the world and drive meta-humanity to extinction, playing this trope very straight.
Source: Videogame / Shadowrun Returns -
What's fascinating to note, though, is that there's one level in the entire game where Walker is entirely ascending (that is to say, there is no point in the level that Walker has to descend in order to proceed).
Source: Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line
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