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top·ple

 (tŏp′əl)
v. top·pled, top·pling, top·ples
v.tr.
1. To push or knock over: bumped into the table and toppled the lamp.
2. To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of. See Synonyms at overthrow.
3. To defeat, as in a contest: toppled the league leader.
v.intr.
To totter and fall: buildings that toppled in the earthquake.

[Frequentative of top.]
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topple

(ˈtɒpəl)
vb
1. to tip over or cause to tip over, esp from a height
2. (intr) to lean precariously or totter
3. (tr) to overthrow; oust
[C16: frequentative of top1 (verb)]
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top•ple

(ˈtɒp əl)

v. -pled, -pling. v.i.
1. to fall forward, as from top-heaviness or weakness; pitch.
2. to lean over or totter, as if threatening to fall.
v.t.
3. to cause to topple.
4. to overthrow, as from a position of authority: to topple a king.
[1535–45; appar. top1 (v.) + -le]
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topple


Past participle: toppled
Gerund: toppling

Imperative
topple
topple
Present
I topple
you topple
he/she/it topples
we topple
you topple
they topple
Preterite
I toppled
you toppled
he/she/it toppled
we toppled
you toppled
they toppled
Present Continuous
I am toppling
you are toppling
he/she/it is toppling
we are toppling
you are toppling
they are toppling
Present Perfect
I have toppled
you have toppled
he/she/it has toppled
we have toppled
you have toppled
they have toppled
Past Continuous
I was toppling
you were toppling
he/she/it was toppling
we were toppling
you were toppling
they were toppling
Past Perfect
I had toppled
you had toppled
he/she/it had toppled
we had toppled
you had toppled
they had toppled
Future
I will topple
you will topple
he/she/it will topple
we will topple
you will topple
they will topple
Future Perfect
I will have toppled
you will have toppled
he/she/it will have toppled
we will have toppled
you will have toppled
they will have toppled
Future Continuous
I will be toppling
you will be toppling
he/she/it will be toppling
we will be toppling
you will be toppling
they will be toppling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been toppling
you have been toppling
he/she/it has been toppling
we have been toppling
you have been toppling
they have been toppling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been toppling
you will have been toppling
he/she/it will have been toppling
we will have been toppling
you will have been toppling
they will have been toppling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been toppling
you had been toppling
he/she/it had been toppling
we had been toppling
you had been toppling
they had been toppling
Conditional
I would topple
you would topple
he/she/it would topple
we would topple
you would topple
they would topple
Past Conditional
I would have toppled
you would have toppled
he/she/it would have toppled
we would have toppled
you would have toppled
they would have toppled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.topple - fall down, as if collapsingtopple - fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
keel over - turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"
2.topple - cause to topple or tumble by pushingtopple - cause to topple or tumble by pushing
push, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
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topple

verb
1. fall over, fall, collapse, tumble, overturn, capsize, totter, tip over, keel over, overbalance, fall headlong He released his hold and toppled slowly backwards.
2. knock over, upset, knock down, tip over Wind and rain toppled trees and electricity lines.
3. overthrow, overturn, bring down, oust, unseat, bring low the revolution which toppled the regime
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topple

verb
1. To turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position:
2. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily:
Idiom: take a fall.
3. To bring about the downfall of:
4. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin:
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Translations
يَنْقَلِب، يَسْقُط
svalit
vælte
ledõl
velta; detta um koll
nuvirsti
apgāztiesnogāztnogāzties
zvaliť sa

topple

[ˈtɒpl]
A. VT
1. (also topple over) (= knock over) → volcar; (= cause to fall) → hacer caer
2. (= overthrow) → derribar, derrocar
B. VI
1. (also topple down) → caerse, venirse abajo (also topple over) → volcarse; (= lose balance) → perder el equilibrio
he toppled over a cliffcayó por un precipicio
after the crash the bus toppled overdespués del choque el autobús se volcó
2. (fig) [government etc] → venirse abajo, caer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

topple

[ˈtɒpəl]
vt
(= knock over) → abattre
(= cause to fail) [+ government, regime] → renverser
vi (also topple over) → tombertop-ranked [ˌtɒpˈræŋkt] adj [player, team] → du haut du classementtop-ranking [ˌtɒpˈræŋkɪŋ] adj [official] → le plus haut placé(la)(e); [officer] → haut gradé(e)top-rated [ˌtɒpˈreɪtɪd] adj
(= best) [hotel, restaurant, chef] → de premier ordre
(= most watched) [TV show] → à forte audiencetop secret top-secret adj [mission, information] → top secret/ète
top-secret documents → des documents top secretstop-security [ˌtɒpsɪˈkjʊərəti] adj [prison] → de haute sécuritétop-security wing nquartier m de haute sécuritétop-shelf [ˌtɒpˈʃɛlf] adj (British) [magazine, material] → érotique
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topple

viwackeln; (= fall)fallen; (fig, from power) → gestürzt werden
vtumwerfen; (from a height) → hinunterkippen or -werfen; (fig) government etcstürzen; to topple somebody from powerjdn stürzen or entmachten
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topple

[ˈtɒpl]
1. vt (fig) (overthrow) → far cadere, rovesciare
2. vicadere, rovesciarsi
topple over
1. vi + advcadere
2. vi + prepcadere da
he toppled over a cliff → è caduto da una scogliera
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

topple

(ˈtopl) verb
to (make something) fall. He toppled the pile of books; The child toppled over.
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References in classic literature ?
Bottomless vales and boundless floods, And chasms, and caves, and Titian woods, With forms that no man can discover For the dews that drip all over; Mountains toppling evermore Into seas without a shore; Seas that restlessly aspire, Surging, unto skies of fire; Lakes that endlessly outspread Their lone waters - lone and dead, - Their still waters - still and chilly With the snows of the lolling lily.
You bring Monty to the general meeting of the Bekwando Company and explain his position, and I tell you, you'll have the whole market toppling about your ears.
The coracle, left to herself, turning from side to side, threaded, so to speak, her way through these lower parts and avoided the steep slopes and higher, toppling summits of the wave.
Perhaps his imperturbable character was never more strikingly developed, for he preserved his usual equable smile notwithstanding that his body was dangling in a most uncomfortable position, all loose and limp and shapeless, while his long peaked cap, unequally balanced against his exceedingly slight legs, threatened every instant to bring him toppling down.
Don Quixote laughed at Sancho's affected phraseology, and perceived that what he said about his improvement was true, for now and then he spoke in a way that surprised him; though always, or mostly, when Sancho tried to talk fine and attempted polite language, he wound up by toppling over from the summit of his simplicity into the abyss of his ignorance; and where he showed his culture and his memory to the greatest advantage was in dragging in proverbs, no matter whether they had any bearing or not upon the subject in hand, as may have been seen already and will be noticed in the course of this history.
The line fell slowly forward like a toppling wall, and, with a convulsive gasp that was intended for a cheer, the regiment began its journey.
The protest was held by Congress and the JDS against the alleged Central government's involvement in toppling the coalition government in the state.
Meanwhile, the prosecution accepted a lawsuit against Al-Bashir and the Islamic Front party for toppling the "democratic" regime in June 1989.
'To have control of the situation at the grassroots level, national working groups in the capital and provinces must lead and direct [local] working groups, authorities and security forces at all levels by holding public forums in communes and villages to raise awareness of the consequence of toppling the government, and about the return of the convict Sam Rainsy who leads this illegal activity,' the letter says.
"Imran Khan sahib, you said someone is toppling your government.
Attempts to topple a provincial government have rarely added to the stability of the ruling party, now that as members from the PPP themselves admit that toppling the PML-N's government in Balochistan last year shouldn't have happened.
Rasheed said that he was not invited in the joint opposition meeting, adding that toppling the government by forming a forward bloc was not morally and politically correct.