topples

Verb

topple (third-person singular simple present topples, present participle toppling, simple past and past participle toppled)

1. (transitive) To push or throw over.
   • The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
2. To overturn.
3. (figuratively) To overthrow something.
   • to topple one's rival
4. (intransitive) To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.
   • The pile of pennies began to topple.

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