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topple



topple/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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