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
• toppled
• hit
• smacked
• leveled
• slammed
• prostrated
• punched
• slapped
• floored
• pounded
• knocked over
• banged
• knocked down
• mowed (down)
• bowled (down or over)
• thumped
• poked
• jabbed
• whacked
• knocked out
• overthrew
• kayoed
• hammered
• swiped
• pasted
• clobbered
• socked
• threw down
• bashed
• 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
• flattened
• razed
• bulldozed
• leveled
• tore down

3

as in killed

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of felled

In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour. — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026

Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Mixed Pro Doubles Recap Roos van Reek & Jack Munro stayed out of trouble and avoided the early knockout round upsets that be felled many of the other top seeds to claim the Mixed title and guarantee the double-double for themselves on the weekend. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The storm felled trees and power lines and caused serious flooding that swept some 100 homes from their foundations on the Big Island, authorities said. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026