Synonyms for fell
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1. fell

   Synonyms:
   cruel, barbarous, inhuman, savage, bloody, direful, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, remorseless, relentless, fierce, truculent

   Antonyms:
   generous, chivalrous, humane, lenient, propitious

2. fell

   Synonyms:
   cut, level, prostrate, demolish, subvert, waste, bare

   Antonyms:
   plant, erect, support, propagate, stock, upraise, rear

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1. hide, fellnoun

   the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

   Synonyms:
   pelt, hide, felled seam, skin

   Antonyms:
   humane

2. fell, felled seamnoun

   seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

   Synonyms:
   hide, felled seam

   Antonyms:
   humane

3. felladjective

   the act of felling something (as a tree)

   Synonyms:
   hide, felled seam

   Antonyms:
   humane

4. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, viciousverb

   (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

   Synonyms:
   wild, uncivilized, fierce, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, beastly, unrelenting, venomous, criminal, brute(a), condemnable, roughshod, barbaric, evil, feral, cruel, poisonous, barbarous, vicious, furious, ferocious, barbarian, heavy-handed, brutish, bestial, brutal, ferine, uncivilised

   Antonyms:
   humane

5. fell, drop, strike down, cut downverb

   cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

   "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

   Synonyms:
   unload, push down, bring down, dribble, pull down, send packing, mow, fly, drop off, dismiss, slash, drop down, sink, down, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, knock down, cut, cut out, trim back, overleap, trim, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, reduce, expend, send away, set down, flatten, swing, trim down, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cut back, vanish, cast off, cancel, shed, omit

   Antonyms:
   humane

6. fly, fell, vanishverb

   pass away rapidly

   "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

   Synonyms:
   take flight, drop, vaporize, pilot, aviate, disappear, flee, vanish, strike down, go away, wing, cut down, fly

   Antonyms:
   humane

7. fellverb

   sew a seam by folding the edges

   Synonyms:
   cut down, fly, vanish, drop, strike down

   Antonyms:
   humane

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1. • Animal Skin
   • Elapse
   • Sew

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1. felladjective

   Synonyms:
   cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, vandalic

2. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   prostrate, level, bring to the ground

3. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   cut down, hew down

4. fellverb

   Synonyms:
   hem (the lap of a seam)

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1. List of paraphrases for "fell":

   dropped, declined, decreased, landed, tumbled, plunged, dipped, slipped, retreated, slid, plummeted, crashed, slumped, sagged, feii, stumbled, collapsed, ran, bumped, nosedived, fallen, dabbled, sank

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1. Fatih Birol:

   It is crucial to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. Although emissions fell as a result of the 2008 global financial crisis, they soon rebounded sharply. We must learn from that experience.

2. Read MoreIn a 2017 interview:

   We were close to a window, and my mother took my brother and threw him out. She grabbed me and fell back and then threw me out, she tried to get my sister, but she was too heavy, and my mother decided to get out by the time the zeppelin was nearly on the ground.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   Little strokes fell great oaks.

4. Cindy De La Hoz:

   Sophia’s great rival in Italy wasGina Lollobrigida, so when he introduced himself, he called her Ms. Lolloren. He basically muddled their names as a joke. But she did n’t get it. So they had a bit of an awkward start. But they became friends and that led to a more romantic involvement. [ However ], she was [ already ] romantically involved with [ Italian film producer ] Carlo Ponti, but their situation was very, very complicated. Divorce was illegal in Italy at that time and Carlo Ponti was already married … She was very frustrated at the time. So she fell into this romance with Cary Grant.

5. Pramod Sawant:

   One boy died due to a tree falling on his head and the second death, two people were on a motorcycle when an electric pole fell on them and one died on the way to the hospital.