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
• levelled
• hit
• toppled
• leveled
• smacked
• slapped
• slammed
• prostrated
• floored
• punched
• banged
• knocked over
• pounded
• knocked down
• thumped
• mowed (down)
• poked
• bowled (down or over)
• whacked
• knocked out
• jabbed
• overthrew
• pasted
• hammered
• swiped
• kayoed
• bashed
• clobbered
• socked
• threw down
• 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
• levelled
• flattened
• razed
• bulldozed
• leveled
• tore down

3

as in destroyed

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

• destroyed
• killed
• dispatched
• claimed
• took
• slew
• murdered
• slaughtered
• carried off
• croaked
• assassinated
• did in
• finished
• snuffed
• butchered
• did for
• decimated
• wasted
• whacked
• did away with
• neutralized
• made away with
• annihilated
• executed
• massacred
• mowed
• offed
• smote
• got
• cut down
• took out
• terminated
• iced
• martyred
• rubbed out
• put away
• scragged
• knocked off
• euthanized
• killed off
• blotted out
• bumped off
• euthanatized
• put down
• suicided

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• animated
• revived
• raised
• resurrected
• nurtured
• resuscitated

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of felled

Two others were wounded before the gunman was felled by a Secret Service sharpshooter. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024

The team advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in over a decade with Millsap in the fold, circa 2020, before Millsap's championship dreams were felled yet again by LeBron James, now with the Los Angeles Lakers. —Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024

It was even enlarged to incorporate two massive, historic elm trees that would have been felled to accommodate the structure otherwise. —Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024

The aftermath felled us; my daughter became hyper-vigilant—any sound was a threat to her and our family. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024