Topple
['tɒp(ə)l] or ['tɑpl]
Definition
(v. i.) To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
(v. t.) To throw down; to overturn.
Editor: Priscilla
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Fall (top foremost), tumble down, topple over, topple down.
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Definition
v.i. to fall forward: to tumble down.
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Examples
- He only needed a great misfortune to topple him from the high position he held in the world of intellectual excellence, and it came. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For a second I toppled there upon the brink. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is merely toppled over, face side upward, clamped side underneath. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A hundred warriors toppled to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mr. Ablewhite got upon his feet, and pushed away his chair so violently that it toppled over and fell on the floor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was as though you had thrown a stone and the stone made a ripple and the ripple returned roaring and toppling as a tidal wave. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thus topples to earth another idol of my infancy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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