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 Greek tragedies, the hero is felled by a fatal flaw. —Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

Apartment buildings were felled by air strikes, and smoke billowed from the blasts; the buzz of Israeli drones filled the air. —Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026

Too many people, particularly those in my age group, have been felled by a cold that morphed into pneumonia, or a UTI that landed them in the hospital, or a simple stumble on a floor mat that resulted in surgery and months of physical therapy. —Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026

Using drone surveys to map the forest canopy, the team tested how views might shift if certain trees were felled, inching toward a location that felt both deliberate and deferential to the land. —Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026