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be felled
verb as in come a cropper
Example Sentences
The tree and eight others of similar age are due to be felled to make way for a relief road.
Heavily infested ones must be felled.
The senior officials said that when the Japanese learned that some of the trees would be felled due to the construction work, they immediately offered to provide saplings when the time was right.
There are records that seem unsurpassable — only to be felled by the wrecking ball of a single stirring, stunning outlier of a performance.
The green focus is on more than 100, century-old gingko trees, 18 of which seem sure to be felled in the redevelopment.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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