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synonyms for topple

  • collapse
  • oust
  • overturn
  • plunge
  • tumble
  • unseat
  • upset
  • capsize
  • fall
  • falter
  • founder
  • land
  • lurch
  • overbalance
  • pitch
  • slump
  • stagger
  • stumble
  • teeter
  • totter
  • unhorse
  • bring down
  • do a pratfall
  • go belly up
  • go down
  • hit the dirt
  • keel over
  • knock down
  • lose it
  • nose-dive
  • take a header
  • tip over
  • turn over

antonyms for topple

MOST RELEVANT
  • hold
  • increase
  • rise
  • ascend
  • lose
  • place
  • put
  • straighten
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How to use topple in a sentence

In 1977, Hassan Gouled Aptidon was close to being toppled as president of Djibouti for considering a khat ban.
HOW THE PANDEMIC IS SAVING LIVES IN THE HORN OF AFRICAEROMO EGBEJULESEPTEMBER 3, 2020OZY
Engineers warned that could result in segments of the fence toppling into the river if not fixed.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE STEVE BANNON’S MURKY NONPROFIT IN THEIR SIGHTSBY YEGANEH TORBATIAUGUST 24, 2020PROPUBLICA
Engineers warned that could result in the fence toppling into the river if not fixed.
PRIVATE BORDER WALL FUNDRAISERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON FRAUD CHARGESBY PERLA TREVIZO, JEREMY SCHWARTZ AND LEXI CHURCHILLAUGUST 20, 2020PROPUBLICA
By comparison, the S&P 500 is teetering at such rarefied heights that a sudden blast of bad news could send it toppling.
DESPITE WARREN BUFFETT’S SELLOFF, BANK STOCKS LOOK LIKE GREAT BUYS IN THIS MARKETSHAWN TULLYAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNE
As they topple over they bury carbon, therefore increasing the seabed’s potential as a carbon sink.
TINY CREATURES COLLECTED 100 YEARS AGO CONFIRM ACCELERATING CARBON UPTAKE IN ANTARCTIC OCEANJOHN BARRATMARCH 3, 2011THE SMITHSONIAN INSIDER
As they turned into red-hot ashes and began to topple over one by one into the glowing pile, Jess laughed delightedly.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER
It is enough to make the tallest chimney of the neighbourhood topple over with envy.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELL
There would be a report, two reports, and he would topple over backwards to lie crumpled up and motionless.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPE
The loungers fully expected to see Tad topple over backwards with a bullet in his body.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS ON THE BLUE RIDGEFRANK GEE PATCHIN
These congeal again, or are compressed into soft, filthy monumental masses, waiting their turn to topple into the waves at last.
OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO ALASKACHARLES WARREN STODDARD
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WORDS RELATED TO TOPPLE

  • belly up
  • bend
  • break
  • cave in
  • conk out
  • crack up
  • crumple
  • deflate
  • disintegrate
  • droop
  • drop
  • exhaust
  • fail
  • faint
  • fall down
  • flag
  • flake out
  • fold
  • founder
  • give
  • give in
  • give out
  • give way
  • go
  • go to pieces
  • keel over
  • languish
  • shatter
  • subside
  • succumb
  • tire
  • topple
  • weaken
  • weary
  • wilt
  • yield
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.