Synonyms of felling

felling

verb

present participle of fell

1

as in downing

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

a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round

Synonyms & Similar Words

• downing
• dropping
• hitting
• levelling
• toppling
• punching
• slapping
• smacking
• slamming
• leveling
• knocking over
• flooring
• banging
• pounding
• prostrating
• knocking down
• mowing (down)
• poking
• bowling (down or over)
• thumping
• overthrowing
• whacking
• knocking out
• jabbing
• bashing
• hammering
• smiting
• swiping
• pasting
• throwing down
• socking
• bludgeoning
• whaling
• slugging
• clobbering
• kayoing
• slogging
• KO'ing
• swatting
• thwacking
• belting
• walloping

2

as in mowing

to bring down by cutting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mowing
• cutting (down)
• demolishing
• chopping (down)
• hewing
• flattening
• levelling
• tearing down
• bulldozing
• razing
• leveling

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• killing
• destroying
• slaying
• taking
• dispatching
• claiming
• murdering
• slaughtering
• carrying off
• doing away with
• doing for
• doing in
• croaking
• finishing
• making away with
• wasting
• assassinating
• butchering
• mowing
• getting
• whacking
• massacring
• cutting down
• smiting
• annihilating
• executing
• snuffing
• neutralizing
• taking out
• decimating
• offing
• putting away
• icing
• terminating
• killing off
• knocking off
• rubbing out
• bumping off
• blotting out
• scragging
• martyring
• putting down
• euthanizing
• euthanatizing
• suiciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• animating
• raising
• reviving
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating