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overtopple

overtopple verb: to topple over; to overturn (typically something precarious or unstable).

Verb

overtopple (third-person singular simple present overtopples, present participle overtoppling, simple past and past participle overtoppled)

  1. To topple over; to overturn (typically something precarious or unstable)

Forms of overtopple

third-person singular presentovertopples
present participleovertoppling
past participleovertoppled
pastovertoppled

Origin of overtopple

From over- + topple.

Questions about overtopple

What does overtopple mean?
Overtopple means to topple over; to overturn (typically something precarious or unstable).
What part of speech is overtopple?
Overtopple is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtopple?
The past tense of overtopple is overtoppled.

Words near overtopple in the dictionary

  1. overtop
  2. overtopped
  3. overtoppeth
  4. overtopping
  5. overtoppings
  6. overtopple
  7. overtoppled
  8. overtopples
  9. overtoppling
  10. overtops
  11. overtorque

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