topple

UK /ˈtɑpl̩/ US /ˈtɑpl̩/
verb 4noun 2

Definitions

verb

1

To push or throw over.

The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.

2

To overturn.

3

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.

4

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

1

A fall (an instance of falling over).

2

A cascade of dominoes falling, such that each fall causes the next domino to topple.

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