topple

topple
Synonyms and related words:
ataxia, bite the dust, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, break up, bring down, bulldog, capsize, careen, cast down, cave in, chaos, chop down, clutter, collapse, come a cropper, crumble, crumble to dust, culbuter, cut down, dash down, deck, defeat, disarray, disintegrate, disorder, down, drop, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall in, fall over, fall prostrate, fall to pieces, falter, fell, fetch down, floor, flounder, founder, get a cropper, go down, go to pieces, ground, hew down, huddle, keel over, knock down, knock over, lay level, lay low, lay out, level, list, lurch, mow down, muddle, oust, overcome, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitch, plunge, precipitate, prostrate, pull down, rase, raze, send headlong, slump, snarl, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stammer, stumble, subvert, supinate, sway, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, take down, throw, throw down, tilt, tip over, topple down, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvy, totter, trip, tumble, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, unhorse, unseat, upset, upturn, vanquish, whack down, wobble

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  • topple — UK US /ˈtɒpl/ verb [T] ► to remove a person or organization from a position of power: »This was a secret bid to topple the chairman and take his job. »Their aim was to topple the supermarket giant from its No.1 spot among British retailers …   Financial and business terms

  • topple — [täp′əl] vi. toppled, toppling [< TOP1, v. + LE] 1. to fall (over) because or as if top heavy 2. to lean forward as if on the point of falling; overbalance; totter vt. 1. to cause to topple; overturn …   English World dictionary

  • Topple — Top ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toppled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toppling}.] [From {Top} summit.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down. [1913 Webster] Though castles topple on their warders heads. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Topple — Top ple, v. t. To throw down; to overturn. [1913 Webster] He topple crags from the precipice. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • topple — index obliterate, overthrow, overturn, subvert, upset Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • topple — (v.) 1580s, tumble down, earlier to tumble or roll about (1540s), from TOP (Cf. top) (v.) + frequentative suffix le. Related: Toppled; toppling …   Etymology dictionary

  • topple — [v] fall or knock over; overthrow bring down, capsize, collapse, do a pratfall*, fall, falter, founder, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, keel over, knock down, land, lose it*, lurch, nose dive, oust, overbalance, overturn, pitch, plunge,… …   New thesaurus

  • topple — ► VERB ▪ overbalance and fall or push over. ORIGIN from TOP(Cf. ↑topmost) …   English terms dictionary

  • topple — [[t]tɒ̱p(ə)l[/t]] topples, toppling, toppled 1) V ERG If someone or something topples somewhere or if you topple them, they become unsteady or unstable and fall over. [V adv/prep] He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards... [V n]… …   English dictionary

  • topple —    A category of mass movement processes, associated sediments (topple deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a localized, very rapid type of fall in which large blocks of soil or rock literally fall over, rotating outward over a low… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • topple — UK [ˈtɒp(ə)l] / US [ˈtɑp(ə)l] verb Word forms topple : present tense I/you/we/they topple he/she/it topples present participle toppling past tense toppled past participle toppled 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop being steady and fall, or to… …   English dictionary

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