topple
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑpl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɒpl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒpəl
- Hyphenation: top‧ple
Verb
topple (third-person singular simple present topples, present participle toppling, simple past and past participle toppled)
- (transitive) To push or throw over
- The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
- To overturn
- To overthrow something.
- topple one's rival
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
- Barla Von: Most people think I deal in finances, but my real currency is knowledge. I trade information and it has made me very wealthy.
Barla Von: But the Shadow Broker is the true master. Every day, he buys and sells secrets that could topple governments, always giving them to the highest bidder.
- (intransitive) To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.
- The pile of pennies began to topple.
Translations
to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
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to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
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