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

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The coldest Easter Sunday on record was in 2014 when temperatures at Braemar in Aberdeenshire fell to -12.5C.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

That means demand for gold among investors actually climbed even as prices fell.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

In terms of falling snow, the snowiest Easter on record in the UK was in 1983 when Easter fell between 1-4 April.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The Quigleys fell in love with southern Georgia, but the schooling options there paled in comparison with what they found across the border in Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

AND SO THE shadow fell across us that winter afternoon in 1937, but it rested lightly.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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