fell, drop, strike down, cut down

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

• chop down — cut down, of trees
• poleax, poleaxe — fell with or as if with a poleax
• log, lumber — cut lumber, as in woods and forests
• cut — fell by sawing; hew

• cut — separate with or as if with an instrument

• descend, fall, go down, come down — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way