felled

Brought crashing down

Felled is the past tense of fell, meaning to cut or knock down.

Trees are felled by loggers or storms.

Boxers are felled by punches.

Disease fells populations.

The word carries a sense of something upright being brought forcibly down: A single blow felled him.

They felled the old oak to make room for the building.

logging

axe

Bladed tool for chopping

chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
sawmillLog-to-board factory

timber · lumber · stump · log · firewood · forestry · clearcutting · woodcutter · bucking · crosscut

defeated

vanquished

Defeated completely

conqueredDefeated and took control
beatenHaving lost a contest
overcomePrevail against difficulty

subdued · overpowered · floored · downed · dropped · decked

collapse

toppled

Caused to fall

crashedSuddenly failed or slept
flattenedMade smooth or level
downedBrought low, consumed

tumbled · leveled · uprooted · windthrow · blowdown · deadfall · snag

Categories

incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
took downrecorded, noted, wrote, logged, jotted

Opposites

vertical state

Position, physical or social

upright · erect · unfelled · still standing · raised

action outcome

Put into ground

grown · raised · erected · cultivated · established

combative/physical defeat

felledraised

Lifted higher up

lifted · uprighted · revived · stood up · supported

Phrases

fell asleepEntered unconscious rest
fell apartBroke into components
fell downLost balance, hit ground
fell forWas deceived by
fell throughFailed to materialize
fell overLost balance and dropped

Family

fell, feller, felling, fellers, befell, unfelled

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