Verb (used with object) : to fell a moose; to fell a tree. From Dictionary.com.
And the mighty son of Pandu, jumping high and dragging some car-warriors down with his sword felled them along with (their) standards. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Her sword felled leatherworkers and wagon masters, whores and soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [Men Don't Leave Me] Reference
Once or twice a year I am felled by devastating migraines. From Wordnik.com. [118 Days, 12 Hours, 54 Minutes] Reference
No trees are felled, no meadows mown and no animals hunted. From Wordnik.com. [Not In Our Park, Mister] Reference
Work crews were removing dozens of felled trees Sunday night. From Wordnik.com. [Tornado Hits New York (UPDATE)] Reference
Job (14: 7) wrote about the hope he saw even in a felled tree. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter to a Sick Friend] Reference
"This is a good movie," she said when snipers felled them both. From Wordnik.com. [In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried] Reference
Buddy + Only Clinton friend who didn't need a lawyer felled by SUV. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest Trouble With Racial Profiling] Reference
What I had seen left no room for doubt; I was felled as if by a stroke from a club. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
My bolts set afire inconspicuous shrubs of lowlands and I have felled towering trees. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
HIS agenda would have felled an Iron Man competitor: six countries in three 18-hour days. From Wordnik.com. [On The Road To Damascus] Reference
The thirsty Streisand is soon felled, melting into a spectacularly revolting puddle of ooze. From Wordnik.com. [On Mtv, A Star Is Slain] Reference
During the Korean War, tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides were felled by land mines. From Wordnik.com. [One Weapon We Don't Need] Reference
When night came, dozens of tents sprouted, and they felled a small tree and made a campfire. From Wordnik.com. [Lovers on the Lawn] Reference
And who can forget the video of the felled cow being electronically prodded at the processing plant?. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Ann West: Ca-Ching: Puppy Mill Sales Continue to Ring] Reference
The bloody drug war that has raged across Mexico seems to have felled another victim: media coverage. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican media ask drug cartels, 'What do you want from us?'] Reference
Athletics scandals and free speech -- the issues that felled Hoffman -- are hot topics on many campuses. From Wordnik.com. [GAME OVER IN COLORADO] Reference
Shudder though they will never a quiver felt below rooted in the taiga brooding pines soon to be felled. From Wordnik.com. [Pinus Timbre] Reference
Once more I struggled to my knees, determined to arise; but a terrific blow just at my heart felled me again. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
Early reports indicate that a former aide to Wanke, Abdoulaye Adamou Harouna, led the plot that felled Tandja. From Wordnik.com. [Is There Such Thing As A Good Coup?] Reference
The publishing industry in the U.S. felled roughly 125 million trees and generated vast amounts of wastewater. From Wordnik.com. [Why Amazon Will Win The Internet] Reference
"I was just trying to brush him back," Clemens later said of the pitch that felled the world's most wanted man. From Wordnik.com. [The Borowitz Report: N.Y. Yankees Defeat Taliban] Reference
Winds felled trees, flattened grass, and left the ground covered in green leaves peeled from branches and limbs. From Wordnik.com. [Hail, hail Consumers Union!] Reference
For the type A personality felled by type B Beijing flu, Great Life Laboratories now offers chicken soup in a pill. From Wordnik.com. [M'mm, M'mm . . . Gulp] Reference
I support those faced with the arduous task of designing a tribute at the site of the felled Twin Towers themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Deily-Swearingen: Teaching Architecture in the Age of the Great "Mosque" Debate] Reference
There were felled trees, peeled-back awnings and blowing detritus, but so far, nothing like what Katrina left behind. From Wordnik.com. [Gustav’s Wallop] Reference
Last month, an 11-year-old Alabama boy made headlines across the globe when he felled a giant hog on a hunting reserve. From Wordnik.com. [Reclaiming Hoaxzilla] Reference
I put the form away in my drawer and forgot about it, my dreams of inalienable rights felled by just twenty-seven words. From Wordnik.com. [‘Love It or Leave It’] Reference
But it wasn't until 1992's Hurricane Andrew felled presumably healthy trees that the city realized the extent of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Is Talking...] Reference
While many women sail through menopause without much trouble, others are felled by hot flashes, sleep problems and mood swings. From Wordnik.com. [A Win, Win for Women?] Reference
He found a felled branch that would reach to the bottom and carried it back to the windmill and lowered one end into the hole. From Wordnik.com. [What the Father Said] Reference
He'd made Perahia, a traditionalist, venture into riskier repertoire that must have caused the injury -- a Mozartian felled by Liszt. From Wordnik.com. [Perahia's Progress] Reference
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