Synonyms of fells

fells

verb

present tense third-person singular of fell

1

as in downs

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

a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round

Synonyms & Similar Words

• downs
• drops
• hits
• floors
• slaps
• topples
• pounds
• prostrates
• levels
• knocks over
• smacks
• punches
• slams
• mows (down)
• bowls (down or over)
• bangs
• knocks down
• thumps
• overthrows
• pokes
• knocks out
• whacks
• jabs
• smites
• socks
• hammers
• throws down
• swipes
• pastes
• bashes
• slugs
• bludgeons
• slogs
• belts
• clobbers
• thwacks
• swats
• kayoes
• wallops
• whales
• KOs

2

as in mows

to bring down by cutting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mows
• cuts (down)
• hews
• chops (down)
• flattens
• demolishes
• razes
• levels
• bulldozes
• tears down

3

as in destroys

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

• destroys
• kills
• slays
• takes
• dispatches
• claims
• murders
• does in
• carries off
• croaks
• does away with
• does for
• slaughters
• finishes
• assassinates
• wastes
• smites
• makes away with
• snuffs
• butchers
• mows
• gets
• offs
• whacks
• annihilates
• ices
• rubs out
• puts away
• cuts down
• neutralizes
• takes out
• knocks off
• kills off
• executes
• scrags
• massacres
• decimates
• bumps off
• martyrs
• terminates
• blots out
• suicides
• puts down
• euthanizes
• euthanatizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raises
• animates
• revives
• restores
• resurrects
• nurtures
• resuscitates