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as in downed
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round
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as in mowed
to bring down by cutting
the settlers began the daunting task of felling the mighty trees that blanketed the island
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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
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Recent Examples of felled
Aalto University / Mahdi Asgari History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny.
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New Atlas,
19 June 2026
Gascoigne felled the 38-year-old in the area, immediately raising both arms and looking to the referee.
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The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
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Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
There was also a giant tree stretching across Laflin Street about a block from the scene of the fire, after being felled by the storms on Wednesday.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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New Atlas,
19 June 2026
Gascoigne felled the 38-year-old in the area, immediately raising both arms and looking to the referee.
—
The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
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Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
There was also a giant tree stretching across Laflin Street about a block from the scene of the fire, after being felled by the storms on Wednesday.
—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Vanoven urged residents to stay home as crews worked the active scene, warning that downed power lines and debris would be harder to see after dark.
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Storms could also cause power outages and downed trees.
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To help prevent borers, keep weedy areas around the garden mowed well.
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The lawn around the pond had been mowed without anybody picking up the trash beforehand.
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Six people were on board the plane, including one person who was killed in the incident, police said.
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Days before the five-year anniversary of the 2021 building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, the federal government has published findings that determined the structure of the Champlain Towers South condominium started failing about three weeks before the catastrophe.
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Another ten minutes on the train over to the terminal – yes, the terminal our flight dropped us at originally.
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Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72.
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The second inferno killed 12 people, destroyed 6,500 structures across the Palisades and Malibu and cost billions in damage and insurance claims.
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In Paradise, California, a community destroyed by wildfire adopted the ‘Wildfire Prepared Home Standard’ as its mandatory rebuilding benchmark.
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About 275 passengers and 12 crew members were on the eastbound train train from Los Angeles to Chicago when the rail cars toppled off the tracks and onto their side early Monday afternoon, Amtrak said.
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Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
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Israeli strikes hit several towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning local time, killing at least five people, Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported, despite Israel and Hezbollah renewing their truce Friday.
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Temperatures are expected to soar on June 22 in parts of Oregon and Washington, possibly hitting 100 degrees in Portland and at least 90 degrees in Seattle.
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“Felled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felled. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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