Word info Antonyms

descend upon

Verb

Meaning

to arrive in large numbers, usually without warning or invitation
to attack or raid

to encroach or invade

to visit in large numbers, especially a public place

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Examples

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class. Annie Besant

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me? Walt Whitman

If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. Swaraj would descend upon India from heaven. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet. Mahatma Gandhi

If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth. A. P. Herbert

I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression. Tom Glazer

When people only talk about things they understand then a great silence will descend upon the world. Chinese Proverb

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