All 5 Uses of
descend
in
Catch-22
- And just as he did realize this, the players on his team fused instinctively with the players on the other team into a single, howling, bloodthirsty mob that descended upon him from all sides with foul curses and swinging fists.
Chpt 9 *descended = came
- The enlisted men descended upon Rome in gangs of twelve or more with Gargantuan appetites and heavy crates filled with canned food for the women to cook and serve to them in the dining room of their own apartment on the sixth floor of a red brick building with a clinking elevator.
Chpt 13
- Milo's face clouded almost as abruptly, and his spirits descended into a state of sad anxiety.†
Chpt 24 *
- Yossarian left money in the old woman's lap — it was odd how many wrongs leaving money seemed to right — and strode out of the apartment, cursing Catch-22 vehemently as he descended the stairs, even though he knew there was no such thing.†
Chpt 39
- Yossarian's stomach turned over when his eyes first beheld the macabre scene; he was absolutely revolted, and he paused in fright a few moments before descending, crouched on his hands and knees in the narrow tunnel over the bomb bay beside the sealed corrugated carton containing the first-aid kit.†
Chpt 41
Definitions:
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(descend as in: thieves descended upon us) to come or arrive -- especially suddenly or from above or as an attack
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(descend as in: descend the mountain) move or slope downward