What is another word for descend into?

Pronunciation: [dɪsˈɛnd ˌɪntʊ] (IPA)

One can find numerous synonyms for the phrase "descend into." For instance, a person descends into a state of anxiety, worry, or depression, they sink into a state of despondence, collapse into desolation, or plummet into a pit of despair. Similarly, if an individual descends into a place, they can delve in, go underground, sink below, or submerge to the ground level. Moreover, if something descends from a higher position to a lower one, it can drop, decline, plummet, or tumble down. These synonyms enable us to diversify our language use while also conveying the same meaning.

What are the hypernyms for Descend into?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Descend into

  • I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.
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  • If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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  • Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.
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  • Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?
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  • After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron.
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