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
Temperature records were toppled in several countries on the weekend, wildfires were sparked in Germany and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down the crowds.
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ABC News,
28 June 2026
Temperature records were toppled in several countries on the weekend as wildfires were sparked in Germany and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down the crowds.
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Kirsten Grieshaber,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Temperature records were toppled in several countries over the weekend, wildfires were sparked in Germany, and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down crowds.
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Kirsten Grieshaber,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
About 275 passengers and 12 crew members were on the eastbound train train from Los Angeles to Chicago when the rail cars toppled off the tracks and onto their side early Monday afternoon, Amtrak said.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
The back-to-back quakes toppled buildings in the capital and were among Venezuela’s strongest in a century.
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Samantha Schmidt,
Washington Post,
25 June 2026
Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
Romanch Mahajan was fatally injured after the horse pulling his carriage bolted, collided with another carriage and toppled over on June 16.
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Aziza Shuler,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Lander and Chevalier toppled incumbents in their respective districts.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
ABC News,
28 June 2026
Temperature records were toppled in several countries on the weekend as wildfires were sparked in Germany and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down the crowds.
—
Kirsten Grieshaber,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Temperature records were toppled in several countries over the weekend, wildfires were sparked in Germany, and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down crowds.
—
Kirsten Grieshaber,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
About 275 passengers and 12 crew members were on the eastbound train train from Los Angeles to Chicago when the rail cars toppled off the tracks and onto their side early Monday afternoon, Amtrak said.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
The back-to-back quakes toppled buildings in the capital and were among Venezuela’s strongest in a century.
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Samantha Schmidt,
Washington Post,
25 June 2026
Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
Romanch Mahajan was fatally injured after the horse pulling his carriage bolted, collided with another carriage and toppled over on June 16.
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Aziza Shuler,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Lander and Chevalier toppled incumbents in their respective districts.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toppled
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That the forest below has not been felled but has swelled, along with its creatures, is hugely the work of Dharana’s owners, the de Souza family.
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The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.
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Once seen as the Fox News for the next generation of conservatives, the Daily Wire has stumbled over the last several years.
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Through a connection, Jobs stumbled upon what was then the computer animation division of Star Wars creator George Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm and was immediately impressed, wrote Walter Isaacson in his biography of the Apple cofounder.
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On occasion, reporters quite literally tripped and fell over tripods and camera setups while the unfazed athletes answered a line of seemingly never-ending rapid-fire questions.
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Pulisic left that game with an injury to his right leg after being tripped by Australian defender Jason Geria.
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The survey doesn’t explain why satisfaction has slipped since then, but a 73 is well below the fast food average of 79.
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Salih Ozcan kicked a long cross to Can Uzun got the ball in space on the back post slipped it under sprawling goalkeeper Matt Turner to Ayhan.
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The show was so sure-footed in its initial outing, but has ultimately tumbled headlong into a grease trap of its own making, aiming for pungent but landing on precious.
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Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Micron Technology's shares tumbled on Friday, giving back some of the gains from a post-earnings rally, as the memory chipmaker looked to wrap a rocky week of trading that has seen big swings.
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“Toppled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toppled. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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