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fell4

Pronunciation: /fɛl/

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Definition of fell

adjective

literary

of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly:the fell disease that was threatening her sister

Phrases

in (or at) one fell swoop: all in one go:in one fell swoop they exceeded the total number of tries scored last year
[from Shakespeare's Macbeth ( iv. iii. 219)]