topple
[verb]
Synonyms:
- fall over, collapse, fall, keel over, overbalance, overturn, totter, tumble
- overthrow, bring down, bring low, oust, overturn, unseat

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

top‧ple /ˈtɒpəl $ ˈtɑː-/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: top]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to become unsteady and then fall over, or to make something do this
topple over
A stack of plates swayed, and began to topple over.

2. [transitive] to take power away from a leader or government, especially by force Synonym : overthrow:
This scandal could topple the government.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲