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TOPPLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fall down, as if collapsing

Example:

The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it

Synonyms:

topple; tumble

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "topple" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "topple"):

keel over (turn over and fall)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to topple or tumble by pushing

Synonyms:

tip; topple; tumble

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "topple" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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 Context examples: 

Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)