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Examples of topple in a Sentence
The strong winds toppled many trees.
The earthquake toppled the buildings.
The tree toppled into the river.
The rebels tried to topple the dictator.
The phone company has toppled its local competition.
Recent Examples of topple from the Web
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Those protests toppled the system and campus leadership.
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The Justice Department began looking at Manafort's work in Ukraine around the beginning of 2014, as Ukraine's president, Viktor Yanukovych, was toppled amid protests of alleged corruption and Russian influence.
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The Justice Department began looking at Manafort’s work in Ukraine around the beginning of 2014, as Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yanukovych, was toppled amid protests of alleged corruption and Russian influence.
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But while its winds toppled trees and power lines -- causing widespread outages -- the storm surge pushed water back up the Mississippi, which rose 8 feet in four hours, and into Lake Pontchartrain.
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The crash that toppled a utility pole left 1,300 customers without power for several hours.
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Russian television stations showed metal fences, garages and even a construction crane toppled by winds around the capital, where about 3,500 trees were destroyed.
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The blast killed hundreds in the single deadliest event in Baghdad since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
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The family returned to Libya — only temporarily, in the case of Salman and his elder brother — after Britain, France and the United States led a NATO campaign that helped topple Colonel Qaddafi in 2011.
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Origin and Etymology of topple
frequentative of 3top
TOPPLE Defined for English Language Learners
topple
playDefinition of topple for English Language Learners
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: to cause (something) to become unsteady and fall
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: to remove (a government or a leader) from power
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: to win a victory over (someone or something) in a war, contest, etc.
TOPPLE Defined for Kids
topple
playDefinition of topple for Students
toppled
;toppling
: to fall or cause to fall from an upright position When he pulled a book out, several others toppled to the floor.
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