n. Function: verb
1 to force an opponent off his feet FF1C; felled the heckler with a single blow FF1E;
Synonyms: bowl (down or over), bring down, down, drop, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, knock over, lay low, level, mow (down), prostrate, throw down, tumble
Related Words: shoot, shoot down
Idioms: lay level with the ground
Contrasted Words: pick up, raise
2 to bring down by cutting FF1C; felled the great oak by the driveway FF1E;
Synonyms: chop, cut, hew
Related Words: flatten, level, raze; cleave, rive, split; sever, sunder; gash, hack, mangle, slash