adjective (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
— synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious
verb cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.
— synonyms: drop, strike_down, cut_down
verb pass away rapidly.
— synonyms: fly, vanish
verb sew a seam by folding the edges.
noun the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
— synonyms: hide
noun seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges.
— synonyms: felled_seam
noun the act of felling something (as a tree).
Examples
“one fell swoop”
“And so it falls to me to make this important decision. The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.”