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Toppled

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top⋅ple

  [top-uhl] verb, -pled, -pling.
Use Toppled in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
2. to lean over or jut, as if threatening to fall.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to topple.
4. to overthrow, as from a position of authority: to topple the king.
Origin:
1535–45; earlier top to tilt, topple (see tope 1 ) + -le

Synonyms:
4. defeat, vanquish, overcome, overpower.
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top·ple   (tŏp'əl)   
v.   top·pled, top·pling, top·ples

v.   tr.
To push or throw over; overturn or overthrow. See Synonyms at overthrow.
v.   intr.

  1. To totter and fall.

  2. To lean over as if about to fall.


[Frequentative of top1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

topple 
1590, "tumble down," earlier "to tumble or roll about" (1542), from a verb derived from top (1) + freq. suffix -le.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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