Topple
English
Verb
Topple (third-person singular simple present Topples, present participle toppling, simple past and past participle toppled)
- to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
- The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator
- to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
- The pile of pennies began to topple
Thesaurus
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
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒpəl
