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How to pronounce topple in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tumble
Type of fall, come down, go down, descend
Has types keel over
Type Words
Synonyms tip, tumble
Type of force, push

Examples of topple

topple
Some alliance governments topple, and threats of anti-Western insurrection grow.
From the businessweek.com
Trying to topple the regime by other means is difficult without Chinese support.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Lions believed this was their time to finally topple the mighty Hilltoppers.
From the dailyherald.com
Prosecutors said Chhun planned for two years to topple the Cambodian government.
From the omaha.com
Looking up at the wall, it seems the sandstone slabs might topple at any moment.
From the time.com
If such leaks aren't sealed off in time, the entire structure could topple over.
From the newsweek.com
At that point the ship had already begun to topple over and was taking on water.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Instead it cherry-picked the allied assets it needed to help topple the Taliban.
From the economist.com
General Raoul Cedras thinks of Clinton's threats to topple him and his henchmen.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Tumble: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
  • Cause to topple or tumble by pushing
  • Cheburashka , also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. ...
  • To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something; to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
  • (toppling) The act by which something is toppled
  • To make unsteady and overturn
  • Fall over or be pushed over