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as in downed
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round
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as in mowed
to bring down by cutting
the settlers began the daunting task of felling the mighty trees that blanketed the island
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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
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Recent Examples of felled
Hedda, so determined to be mistress of her own emotions, is felled.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The storm damaged nearly 7,000 homes, inundated 28,800 hectares of rice plantings and felled 18,000 trees, the government said in a statement.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
That would be Maria (Maria Carrozza), wife of Gino, daughter-in-law of Nancy, felled by an air conditioner 457 days previously.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The storm damaged nearly 7,000 homes, inundated 28,800 hectares of rice plantings and felled 18,000 trees, the government said in a statement.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
That would be Maria (Maria Carrozza), wife of Gino, daughter-in-law of Nancy, felled by an air conditioner 457 days previously.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for felled
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Russia's Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said its forced downed at least 103 Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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Report downed power lines to the police.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The team mowed through six exhibition games this month, aided by a collection of EuroLeague veterans and NBA role players such as Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nikola Jovic and Nikola Topic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
22 Aug. 2025
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Grow a thick lawn mowed no shorter than two inches and let the good grass crowd out the nutgrass.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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The tall, steep mountains that rise to 6,000 feet in elevation in the Grandfather District saw triple digit winds and some of the heaviest rainfall of the storm with hundreds of miles of trail and road destroyed.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
16 Sep. 2025
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Alshon cruised past Johnson 3,7 in a surprise, while Garnett destroyed Haworth 4,1 to set up a very solid final.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The report said that water storage in Washington’s five reservoirs in the Yakima River Basin has dropped sharply, bringing levels, at times, to some of the lowest measured since record-keeping started in 1971.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Netflix dropped the first trailer for fantasy series The Witcher’s fourth season Saturday evening.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Antifa supporters were involved in the Black Lives Matter protests that surged in 2020 after then-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd during an arrest on May 25 of that year.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Strikes have leveled high-rise buildings across the city and killed dozens in recent days as the Israeli military prepared to move in on the ground.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Felled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felled. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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