felling

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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After Bangladesh and Nepal, there has been a groundswell of Gen Z protests globally, felling governments in Madagascar and Bulgaria and unnerving rulers from Morocco to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Bentley did find a logging facility that would allow the team to capture the actual felling of trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Muhammad Naveed took the authorities to court this year over "large-scale tree cutting" for infrastructure projects, accusing them of felling "many mature trees" and leaving land "barren".

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

That means investors are felling confident heading into 2026, said Matt Thompson, a co-portfolio manager at Little Harbor Advisors alongside his brother, Mike Thompson.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

As Europeans were being felled by New Guinea lowland germs, why were Eurasian germs not simultaneously felling New Guineans?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond