topple

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: top=ple
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

topple, v. i. [From Top summit.].

 To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.  [1913 Webster]
"Though castles topple on their warders' heads."  [1913 Webster]

topple, v. t. 

 To throw down; to overturn.  [1913 Webster]
"He topple crags from the precipice."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

topple, v.intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by over, down)
1 fall or cause to fall as if top-heavy.
2 totter or cause to totter and fall.

Etymology

TOP(1) + -LE(4)

THESAURUS

topple

ataxia, bite the dust, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, break up, bring down, bulldog, capsize, careen, cast down, cave in, chaos, chop down, clutter, collapse, come a cropper, crumble, crumble to dust, culbuter, cut down, dash down, deck, defeat, disarray, disintegrate, disorder, down, drop, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall in, fall over, fall prostrate, fall to pieces, falter, fell, fetch down, floor, flounder, founder, get a cropper, go down, go to pieces, ground, hew down, huddle, keel over, knock down, knock over, lay level, lay low, lay out, level, list, lurch, mow down, muddle, oust, overcome, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitch, plunge, precipitate, prostrate, pull down, rase, raze, send headlong, slump, snarl, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stammer, stumble, subvert, supinate, sway, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, take down, throw, throw down, tilt, tip over, topple down, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvy, totter, trip, tumble, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, unhorse, unseat, upset, upturn, vanquish, whack down, wobble

ROGET THESAURUS

topple

Inequality

VB be unequal, countervail, have the advantage, give the advantage, turn the scale, kick the beam, topple, topple over, overmatch, not come up to.

Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Descent

VB descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.