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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The railway is on hold pending a court’s ruling on the constitutionality of a law that permitted felling forest in the Jamanxim National Park to make way for its crossing.

From Washington Times

How Weyerhaeuser, the timber giant, has recast itself as a big seller of carbon offsets despite felling as many trees as ever.

From New York Times

“Although the surface area of green will increase, the volume of green will go down significantly due to the felling of large trees.”

From Washington Times

And building road infrastructure means felling trees and destroying wild areas.

From Salon

Signs of tensions over dam construction are visible on the national highway in Kinnaur: There are warnings about loose boulders on mountain walls, and ancient trees are painted with red crosses marking them for felling.

From Seattle Times