FELLING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

felling

verb

Definition of felling next

present participle of fell

as in dropping

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 mowing

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 killing

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 felling In wildfire prone areas, that can mean felling trees and clearing vegetation to create a defense zone around homes and buildings. —

Contessa Brewer,dawn Giel, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025 While Healey, 54, was bogged down over issues like Canadian energy, trade, tourism and tariffs, as well as meetings with Canadian premiers, Wu, 40, was in Nova Scotia felling a huge Christmas tree. —

Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 24 Nov. 2025 This year, the Pahang state government has led enforcement operations that involved felling decades-old durian trees and issued eviction notices to farmers, which the farmers have disputed. —

Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Nov. 2025 Grainier‘s an itinerant lumber man who worked the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, felling timber and building railroads. —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025 However, the miniature accessories didn’t seem to stop a group of humans from felling and butchering the elephant. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025 Onscreen, a bridezilla sent an equivalent table soaring through a banquet hall, felling at least one chandelier. —

Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

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His perfect parade was broken up by an error in the fourth inning when miscommunication between Andy Pages and Kyle Tucker led to Trea Turner’s fly ball glancing off Tucker’s glove and dropping to the warning track uncaught.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
As vehicles drive by on a nearby road, he can be seen dropping to the ground.

— Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 30 May 2026