Descend and Scale

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Descend verb - To lead or extend downward.

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Scale is an antonym for descend in fall topic.

Scale verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.

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Descend is an antonym for scale in topics: measure, ascend.

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

body	descend body	scale body
mountain	descend mountain	scale mountain
chance	descend chance	scale chance
time	descend time	scale time
Other words: way, hill, building, bit, tower, cliff, heights, ladder, times, upwards, ropes, stories, slopes, walls.

Arguably Sougo too since he acts very childishly sometimes, especially when he's around Kagura which can cause them to descend into playground-scale wars.

Source: One of the Kids
As a result, the Enclave finally descend and launch a full-scale military invasion to kill Red Eye and anyone else who might also have the information.

Source: Fanfic / Fallout: Equestria
With songs like Violate and Down To None falling into the 7 category and Descend The Shades Of Night being a little hard to pin down on this scale (the softer sections are about a 2, but the harder sections are 7-8).

Source: Music / Machine Head

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