ADJ.
all, determined, easier, entire, over, rival, threatened, threatening
VERB + TOPPLE
going, needs
TOPPLE + NOUN
barriers, communism, dictatorship, minute, moroccan, one's, regime
PREP.
after, in
verb
To push or throw over.
The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
To overturn.
To overthrow something.
to topple one's rival
Barla Von: Most people think I deal in finances, but my real currency is knowledge. I trade information and it has made me very wealthy. Barla Von: But the Shadow Broker is the true master. Every day, he buys and sells secrets that could topple governments, always giving them to the highest bidder.
To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.
The pile of pennies began to topple.
[…] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a labouring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
noun
A fall (an instance of falling over).
A cascade of dominoes falling, such that each fall causes the next domino to topple.
To fall over (to fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position).
Moreover, some innocently untattooed people in the yoga class – who would otherwise be totally ace at balancing – find the light of self-satisfaction that radiates off their classm
The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
Wiktionaryto topple one's rival
WiktionaryBarla Von: Most people think I deal in finances, but my real currency is knowledge. I trade information and it has made me very wealthy. Barla Von: But the Shadow Broker is the true master. Every day,
WiktionaryThose books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.
Tatoeba · #33044The giraffe cannot swim because its centre of gravity is so high that it would topple over.
Tatoeba · #2367028We'll topple this dictatorship.
Tatoeba · #4563710i Register
In some senses, topple is marked as figuratively, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.