topple
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Collins Definition
Verb
topples, 3rd person singular present; toppling, present participle; toppled, past tense; toppled, past participle;
/ˈtäpəl/,
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topples, 3rd person singular present; toppling, present participle; toppled, past tense; toppled, past participle;
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Overbalance or become unsteady and fall slowly
- - she toppled over when I touched her
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Cause to fall in such a way
- - the push almost toppled him to the ground
- - disagreement had threatened to topple the government
Web Definitions:
- tumble: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- Cheburashka , also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. ...
- to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something; to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
- (toppling) The act by which something is toppled
- to make unsteady and overturn
- fall over or be pushed over