Synonyms of felled

felled

verb

past tense of fell

1

as in downed

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall

a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round

Synonyms & Similar Words

• downed
• dropped
• levelled
• hit
• toppled
• leveled
• smacked
• slapped
• slammed
• prostrated
• floored
• punched
• banged
• knocked over
• pounded
• knocked down
• thumped
• mowed (down)
• poked
• bowled (down or over)
• whacked
• knocked out
• jabbed
• overthrew
• pasted
• hammered
• swiped
• kayoed
• bashed
• clobbered
• socked
• threw down
• slugged
• bludgeoned
• smote
• swatted
• thwacked
• belted
• walloped
• slogged
• whaled
• KO'd

2

as in mowed

to bring down by cutting

the settlers began the daunting task of felling the mighty trees that blanketed the island

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mowed
• demolished
• cut (down)
• chopped (down)
• hewed
• levelled
• flattened
• razed
• bulldozed
• leveled
• tore down

3

as in destroyed

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 & Similar Words

• destroyed
• killed
• dispatched
• claimed
• took
• slew
• murdered
• slaughtered
• carried off
• croaked
• assassinated
• did in
• finished
• snuffed
• butchered
• did for
• decimated
• wasted
• whacked
• did away with
• neutralized
• made away with
• annihilated
• executed
• massacred
• mowed
• offed
• smote
• got
• cut down
• took out
• terminated
• iced
• martyred
• rubbed out
• put away
• scragged
• knocked off
• euthanized
• killed off
• blotted out
• bumped off
• euthanatized
• put down
• suicided

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• animated
• revived
• raised
• resurrected
• nurtured
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of felled

The four-month trial was the culmination of a decade-long corruption investigation that has already felled several of Madigan’s associates. —Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025

Here are three common leadership pitfalls that Musk's rise calls to mind and which have felled countless leaders and mass movements through history. —Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025

There’s a lot of melodramatic potential in this material — particularly one late-breaking narrative development that has felled many talented artists in the past. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025

Monroe, who was pronounced dead at a hospital, was the target, but two children were also felled by gunfire. —Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025