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topple
top‧ple/ˈtɒpəl $ ˈtɑː-/ verb [date : 1500-1600; Origin : top] 1. [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE] to become unsteady and then fall over, or to make something do this topple over ▪ A stack of plates swayed, and began to topple over.
2. [TRANSITIVE] to take power away from a leader or government, especially by force SYN overthrow: ▪ This scandal could topple the government.
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES overthrow/topple a regime (=remove it from power) ▪ In 1979, Tanzanian forces overthrew the regime of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB off ▪ To Republican fury, he has refused to topple off his wire. ▪ In reality, the chances of Blondin toppling off the rope were about a thousand to one. ▪ The truck had toppled off the roof just when he was walking underneath it. ▪ Dougal cried out in surprise: he jerked away; his glass toppled off the table and shattered. over ▪ He slammed his hand down on the top of the dressing table, causing some of the bottles to topple over. ▪ I slowly toppled over in front of 2, 000 people. ▪ I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways, ending up chest deep in freezing water. ▪ Many of the 200-year-old trees were toppling over with age. ▪ Windsor, 49, of Mid Glamorgan, was trapped inside the jeep as it toppled over and kept on rolling. ▪ Now he toppled over backward with the weapon stuck upright in his throat. ▪ The chair had toppled over with Donald still attached. ▪ You stand frozen in your tracks, a little blood leaks out your mouth, and you topple over in the snow. NOUN government ▪ He and his supporters stormed parliament in May and toppled the elected government. ▪ Despite their gains of recent weeks, opposition leaders acknowledge that they have little chance of toppling the Khartoum government by force. regime ▪ But it is pretty useless when it comes to toppling dodgy regimes. ▪ Kozyrev, who brought with him a cargo of food and medicine, congratulated mujaheddin leaders on toppling the Najibullah regime. VERB come ▪ But it is pretty useless when it comes to toppling dodgy regimes. ▪ The wheelbarrow had been stuck, almost to the axle, but when it came free I toppled with it. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ High winds toppled several telephone poles. ▪ Political corruption threatens to topple the regime. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Boris Yeltsin and his team wanted to privatize land after toppling the Soviet system. ▪ Clinging to each other, Melanie laughing, they toppled in slow motion to the floor. ▪ It was time to topple an elite team. ▪ They may indeed topple it, but not in the way he anticipated. ▪ Without that first layer of bricks, the whole thing topples.
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