toppled

Variant of topple

intransitive verb toppled, toppling

  1. to fall (over) because or as if top-heavy
  2. to lean forward as if on the point of falling; overbalance; totter

Origin: < top, v. + -le

transitive verb

  1. to cause to topple; overturn
  2. to overthrow: to topple a monarch
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