fell

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. bring, cut, or chop down, drop. See disjunction. — adj. ruthless, terrible. See fear. — n. pelt, skin (see covering).

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. barbarous, vicious, inhuman; see cruel 1 .

v.

Syn. chop down, cut down, hew down, mow down, fling down, pull down, blow down, strike down, knock down, dash down, hurl down, bring down, cause to fall, ground, floor, down, knock over, blow over, bowl over, deck*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

knock down, cut down, level, raze, hew, mow, prostrate.

ANT.: raise

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To bring down, as with a saw or ax: chop down, cut (down), hew. See RISE. 2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang: deck1. Idiom: lay low. See RISE.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See KIND.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The skin of an animal: fur, hide2, jacket, pelt1. See SURFACE.