ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
left — of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right).
retreated — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
repelled — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
