"descend on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "descends on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descending on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descended on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descended on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "descend on (third-person singular simple present descends on, present participle descending on, simple past and past participle descended on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Tanya Lewis, Applicants for One-Way Mars Trip to Descend on Washington",
          "text": "A coterie of aspiring Martians will descend on Washington, D.C. on Saturday (Aug. 3) for the first Million Martian Meeting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Kara Kostanich, To wear or not to wear? New CDC mask guidance causing confusion",
          "text": "On a nearly a perfect spring Sunday many descended on Seattle’s Green Lake Park - walking, boating or catching up on lost time with loved ones.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of descend upon"
      ],
      "id": "en-descend_on-en-verb-LVY7EaNY",
      "links": [
        [
          "descend upon",
          "descend upon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "descend upon"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "descend on"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "descends on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descending on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descended on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descended on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "descend on (third-person singular simple present descends on, present participle descending on, simple past and past participle descended on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Tanya Lewis, Applicants for One-Way Mars Trip to Descend on Washington",
          "text": "A coterie of aspiring Martians will descend on Washington, D.C. on Saturday (Aug. 3) for the first Million Martian Meeting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Kara Kostanich, To wear or not to wear? New CDC mask guidance causing confusion",
          "text": "On a nearly a perfect spring Sunday many descended on Seattle’s Green Lake Park - walking, boating or catching up on lost time with loved ones.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of descend upon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descend upon",
          "descend upon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "descend upon"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "descend on"
}