fell | Definition of fell

fell

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fell

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

a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round

Synonyms of fell

bowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), prostrate

Words Related to fell

kayo, knock out, KO

overthrow, throw down, topple

bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, clobber, hammer, hit, jab, paste, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale

2 to bring down by cutting

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

Synonyms of fell

chop (down), cut (down), hew, mow

Words Related to fell

bulldoze, demolish, flatten, level, raze, tear down

3 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 of fell

carry off, claim, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, kill, slay, take

Words Related to fell

bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]

annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite

assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate

euthanize (also euthanatize), put down

Phrases Synonymous with fell

do away with, do for [chiefly British], make away with

Near Antonyms of fell

raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

Antonyms of fell