felling

VERB

chop down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drop flatten raze shoot shoot down slash tumble

STRONG

cleave cut dash demolish down floor gash ground hack hew level mangle prostrate rive sever split sunder

WEAK

blow down bowl over bring down cause to fall cut down knock down knock over lay low mow down pull down strike down throw down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

raise

STRONG

aid assist build combine construct help join unite

WEAK

erect

Example Sentences

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Others were felling and burning trees, and many of those on the farm in Nairobi's outskirts had been bussed in.

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The Conservative councillor had been due to face the vote following a row over the night-time felling of 110 trees in the city centre.

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Council leader Richard Bingley, who faced a no confidence vote over the felling, intends to resign on Monday.

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At the High Court in London on Friday, Sir Ross Cranston backed protesters' bid to keep the injunction stopping felling in place pending a full legal challenge over the council's actions.

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A senior council official has insisted a redevelopment scheme behind the felling of 110 trees in Plymouth will be "really good" for the city.

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