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.
Again the crossbar, which was a piece of scaffold pole, toppled over.
The miners toppled over, but the railwaymen were rightly advised by their distinguished leader to get back to solid ground in a very short time.
When the position is seen in that context, some of those rulers may be toppled.
Different groups seize power and are then toppled by another group.
It is starting to look to some as if it could be toppled.
History shows that tyrants will eventually be toppled by their own people, if given the right help.
Suddenly the heaviest walls 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.
