Synonyms of fell

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verb

1

as in to down

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

a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round

Synonyms & Similar Words

• down
• drop
• hit
• floor
• topple
• smack
• knock over
• slap
• mow (down)
• knock down
• prostrate
• level
• pound
• slam
• bang
• punch
• bowl (down or over)
• thump
• overthrow
• knock out
• poke
• whack
• throw down
• hammer
• jab
• smite
• paste
• swipe
• belt
• slug
• bash
• bludgeon
• sock
• clobber
• swat
• KO
• whale
• slog
• kayo
• thwack
• wallop

2

as in to mow

to bring down by cutting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mow
• cut (down)
• hew
• chop (down)
• demolish
• flatten
• tear down
• level
• raze
• bulldoze

3

as in to kill

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

• kill
• destroy
• slay
• take
• carry off
• claim
• dispatch
• off
• do for
• croak
• do away with
• murder
• do in
• slaughter
• cut down
• make away with
• assassinate
• take out
• whack
• finish
• put away
• get
• waste
• neutralize
• smite
• kill off
• butcher
• blot out
• decimate
• snuff
• annihilate
• rub out
• mow
• ice
• bump off
• execute
• massacre
• terminate
• knock off
• put down
• suicide
• scrag
• euthanatize
• martyr
• euthanize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• revive
• raise
• animate
• resurrect
• resuscitate
• nurture

fell

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adjective

1

as in lethal

likely to cause or capable of causing death

planning for the distribution of resources in case of some fell event

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lethal
• deadly
• fatal
• infectious
• poisonous
• killer
• mortal
• deathly
• terminal
• infective
• toxic
• murderous
• dangerous
• harmful
• baleful
• vital
• injurious
• pestilent
• destructive
• hazardous
• serious
• threatening
• ugly
• pernicious
• bloody
• baneful
• risky
• virulent
• perilous
• grave
• noxious
• deleterious
• truculent
• sanguine
• menacing
• sanguinary
• grievous
• pestilential
• jeopardizing
• unhealthy
• sublethal
• unsound
• parlous
• internecine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healthy
• nonfatal
• beneficial
• wholesome
• healthful
• useful
• salutary
• nonlethal
• advantageous
• restorative
• remedial
• salubrious
• corrective
• tonic
• safe
• curative
• alleviative
• nontoxic
• nonpoisonous

2

as in savage

violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition

a once-mighty nation conquered by a fell and barbarous enemy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• savage
• fierce
• vicious
• ferocious
• grim
• merciless
• ruthless
• murdering
• brute
• murderous
• relentless
• menacing
• wild
• threatening
• feisty
• bloody
• belligerent
• contentious
• militant
• scrappy
• ravenous
• combative
• pugnacious
• assaultive
• discordant
• chippy
• warlike
• confrontational
• sanguine
• barbaric
• pitiless
• bellicose
• implacable
• quarrelsome
• heartless
• uncivilized
• inhuman
• gladiatorial
• unrelenting
• argumentative
• bare-knuckled
• truculent
• in-your-face
• sanguinary
• disputatious
• bloodthirsty
• brawly
• bestial
• inhumane
• bare-knuckles
• homicidal
• bare-knuckle
• take-no-prisoners
• blood-and-guts
• voracious
• wanton
• rapacious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mild
• warm
• gentle
• friendly
• tame
• congenial
• kind
• hearty
• cordial
• compliant
• submissive
• genial
• amicable
• merciful
• benign
• human
• companionable
• compassionate
• peaceful
• amiable
• unaggressive
• pacific
• comradely
• peaceable
• warmhearted
• cultured
• civilized
• humane
• obliging
• complaisant

Examples of fell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The duo are the biggest heads to roll yet in a sweeping purge of China’s defense establishment since last summer, which has felled more than a dozen senior generals and executives from the military-industrial complex. —Nectar Gan, CNN, 1 July 2024

The Conservatives were already on the defensive after jettisoning two prime ministers without an election in quick succession in 2022: first Boris Johnson, felled by scandals, then Liz Truss, who rocked the economy with drastic tax-slashing plans and lasted just seven weeks in office. —Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024

Adjective

The three-in-one device is compatible with Apple tech and allows users to charge iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches in one fell swoop. —Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024

By choosing Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris sent a clear message to parents and teacher unions in one fell swoop: no matter the outcome, Harris cares little about student outcomes and much about virtue-signaling policies. —Chris Moya, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024