toppled

verb

past tense of topple
as in fell
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly

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Recent Examples of toppled To punch a ticket to Saturday’s title game, Southwest Christian toppled district foe and reigning champion Fort Worth All Saints (17-11, 6-4) in three sets. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026 The daily painting effort started almost immediately after the Students’ List movement toppled former President Aleksandar Vucic ’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party. — ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026 Last Sunday in the NFL’s game of the year, the Broncos toppled the Chiefs, stoning future Hall of Famer Patrick Mahomes at the goal line. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026 If Nasser happened to be toppled in the process, then all the better. — David Averre, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026 Allegations of misconduct toppled the Democrat’s campaign, but his replacement, former logger and state senator Troy Jackson, has had a strong showing in the polls, and posed the first actual competition Collins has faced in nearly three decades. — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026 While some portions of the installation show the rigid order of a city grid, other parts feature elements strewn about, toppled over—a metaphor for the parts of the urban environment that can’t be as easily organized. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Photos from the scene showed some of the train cars off the tracks, toppled over and wrecked on the side of a hill. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026 Tuesday’s high tide also toppled another all-time record in San Pedro, which had broken its record the day before. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toppled
  1. fell
  2. stumbled
  3. tripped
  4. slipped
  5. tumbled
Verb
  • Extramarital affairs and relationships that were not disclosed to board members have felled CEOs at companies as prominent as Boeing and McDonald’s in the past.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Collins faces Democrat Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate leader who stepped in to the race after scandals felled nominee Graham Platner in July.
    — Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • Despite massive searches, his whereabouts remained a mystery until June of that year when a group of local hikers stumbled upon a boot, some bones and a driver’s license with a familiar face.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Gunn and Safran started off with the successful launch of a new Superman movie last year but then stumbled big with Supergirl, a critical and commercial bomb.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of stumbled
Verb
  • On this day in 1922, according to the popular account, a boy tripped on a stone and kicked off one of the greatest archaeological finds in history.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Schaefer stayed on the ice for the first half of the extra period before Nashville's Filip Forsberg tripped him, forcing the period's first stoppage.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of tripped
Verb
  • An early 1990s recession clobbered Nasdaq, but home prices slipped only modestly, down 1% annually.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The observation comes after the Nasdaq Composite slipped earlier this week, as losses in Nvidia led tech stocks lower.
    — Liz Napolitano,Hugh Leask,Lee Ying Shan,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • Microchip Technology – The semiconductor manufacturer tumbled 14% on the back of largely disappointing guidance for the current quarter.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • South Korea’s Kospi index tumbled more than 8%, triggering a temporary market-wide trading halt.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of tumbled

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“Toppled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toppled. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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