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- Dictionarydescend/dɪˈsɛnd/
verb
- 1. move or fall downwards: "the aircraft began to descend" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a road, path, or flight of steps) slope or lead downwards: "a side road descended into the forest" Similar
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1 day ago · Abseiling ( / ˈæbseɪl / AB-sayl or / ˈɑːpzaɪl / AHP-zyle; from German abseilen 'to rope down'), also known as rappelling ( / ˈræpɛl / RAP-pell or / rəˈpɛl / rə-PELL; from French rappeler 'to recall, to pull through'), is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope.
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