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Topple definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOP'PLE, v.i. [from top.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Though castles topple on their warders' heads.
[This word is used chiefly of children when beginning to walk.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" [syn: tumble, topple]
2: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tumble, tip]

Merriam Webster's

verb (toppled; toppling) Etymology: frequentative of ²top Date: 1590 intransitive verb to fall from or as if from being top-heavy transitive verb 1. to cause to topple 2. a. overthrow 2 <topple a dictator> b. defeat 3

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by over, down) 1 fall or cause to fall as if top-heavy. 2 totter or cause to totter and fall. Etymology: TOP(1) + -LE(4)

Webster's 1913 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. Though castles topple on their warders' heads. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Topple Top"ple, v. t. To throw down; to overturn. He topple crags from the precipice. --Longfellow.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(topples, toppling, toppled) 1. If someone or something topples somewhere or if you topple them, they become unsteady or unstable and fall over. He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards... Winds and rain toppled trees and electricity lines. VERB: V adv/prep, V n • Topple over means the same as topple. The tree is so badly damaged they are worried it might topple over... PHRASAL VERB: V P 2. To topple a government or leader, especially one that is not elected by the people, means to cause them to lose power. (JOURNALISM) ...the revolution which toppled the regime. = overthrow VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Fall (top foremost), tumble down, topple over, topple down, tumble over.

Moby Thesaurus

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