fell

fell

verb

Definition of FELL

1

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall <a boxer who was often felled in the first round>

Synonyms bowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), prostrate

Related Words kayo, knock out, KO; overthrow, throw down, topple; bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, clobber, hammer, hit, jab, paste, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale

2

to bring down by cutting <the settlers began the daunting task of felling the mighty trees that blanketed the island>

Synonyms chop (down), cut (down), hew, mow

Related Words bulldoze, demolish, flatten, level, raze, tear down

3

to deprive of life <the quest for a cure for malaria, the disease that felled so many during the digging of the Panama Canal>

Synonyms carry off, claim, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay, take

Related Words bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]; annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite; assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate; euthanize (also euthanatize), put down; suicide

Near Antonyms raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive; nurture

Antonyms animate