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as in downs
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 mows
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 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
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“Fells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fells. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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