topple

Plural: topples

Verb

Verb Forms: toppled, toppling, topples

• To fall forward as if top-heavy; to overthrow.
• fall down, as if collapsing
• cause to topple or tumble by pushing
• To push or throw over.
• To overturn.
• To overthrow something.
• To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.

Noun

• A fall (an instance of falling over).
• A cascade of dominoes falling, such that each fall causes the next domino to topple.

Examples

• His opponent’s lead began to ’TOPPLE’ after a series of expert plays.
• The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
• The pile of pennies began to topple.
• to topple one's rival

Synonyms

tip, tumble

Anagrams of topple