fell
[verb]
Synonyms: cut down, cut, demolish, hew, knock down, level

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Contrasted words: pick up, raise, compassionate, sympathetic, tender, clement, forbearing, lenient, merciful, humane
Related Idioms: lay level with the ground
Related Words: shoot, shoot down, flatten, level, raze, cleave, rive, split, sever, sunder, gash, hack, mangle, slash, baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign, sinister, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, fearful, horrible, horrific, terrific

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I. fell¹ /fel/
the past tense of fall

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II. fell² noun [countable usually plural]
a mountain or hill in the north of England

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III. fell³ verb [transitive usually passive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: fellan; related to ⇒ fall¹]

1. to cut down a tree:
More than 100 trees were felled in just over an hour.

2. written to knock someone down with great force:
The goalkeeper was felled by a coin thrown from the crowd.

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IV. fell⁴ adjective
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: fel, from Medieval Latin fello; ⇒ felon]
in one fell swoop (also at one fell swoop British English) doing a lot of things at the same time, using only one action Synonym : in one go:
A single company can close a factory, eliminating 74,000 jobs in one fell swoop.

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fell
̈ɪfel
See: at one fell swoop

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