"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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "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": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
          "parents": [],
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      "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of descend upon"
      ],
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          "descend upon",
          "descend upon#English"
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      ],
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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",
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    {
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of descend upon"
      ],
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        [
          "descend upon",
          "descend upon#English"
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          "word": "descend upon"
        }
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  "word": "descend on"
}