0 past simple and past participle of topple
2 to force a leader or government out of power:
The church was prominently involved in the struggle that toppled the dictatorship.
This crisis toppled governments in the region and sent out a series of shock waves that threatened prosperity in the rest of the world.
The fate of each plant (harvested, snapped, toppled, broken or dead) was recorded.
At the moment of liberation, when one regime is toppled?
English, they say, is the language of world trade and it will be difficult for it to be toppled by any other language.
Reconstructive surgery toppled into cosmetic surgery as if pushed by a technological imperative.
Articulated specimens could be toppled over and buried immediately so that the body axis aligned in parallel with the dominant current direction.
Indeed, it could even be argued that logging in our study area reduced its susceptibility to cyclone damage, perhaps by removing the large, top-heavy trees most prone to being toppled.
If it is a majority government that is being toppled, cabinet breakdown will presumably have occurred because of internal policy disagreements within the parties making up the cabinet.
