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[ adjective ] made to fall (as by striking or cutting or shooting or by illness or exhaustion)

Synonyms

felled

Examples

"the felled boxer lay stretched on the canvas" "felled trees covered the hillside" "the downed oxen lay panting in the heat" "a downed deer"

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

He did not really want to kill , but as in the sexual_act , there was a moment when the impulse took_over and could not be downed , even while you watched yourself giving_way to it .

Related terms

unfelled hewn cut

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