fell

[fel] / fɛl /

VERB

chop down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drop flatten raze shoot shoot down slash tumble

STRONG

cleave cut dash demolish down floor gash ground hack hew level mangle prostrate rive sever split sunder

WEAK

blow down bowl over bring down cause to fall cut down knock down knock over lay low mow down pull down strike down throw down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

raise

STRONG

aid assist build combine construct help join unite

WEAK

erect

Example Sentences

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New Zealand started the session brightly as Imlach fell for 27 in the second over after lunch without adding to his score, caught behind by Tom Blundell from the bowling of Michael Rae.

From Barron's

The index fell last week, so it avoided its first back-to-back weekly declines since June 20.

From Barron's

But little more than a grand entrance arch was built before financing fell apart during the global financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street missed out on those gains last year, when indexes mostly fell during the stretch spanning the last five trading days of the year and the first two of the next.

From The Wall Street Journal

Don’t miss: Airfares fell more than 5% in November — but will the deals last?

From MarketWatch

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