Synonyms for topple
ˈtɒp əltop·ple

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1. tumble, toppleverb

   fall down, as if collapsing

   "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

   Synonyms:
   twig, latch on, catch on, crumple, whirl around, whirl, get onto, get it, collapse, crumble, cotton on, tumble, tip, get wise, break down

2. topple, tumble, tipverb

   cause to topple or tumble by pushing

   Synonyms:
   whirl around, lean, tippytoe, tip off, bung, get onto, catch on, tip, break down, collapse, tiptoe, latch on, fee, tilt, cotton on, whirl, crumble, get it, tumble, tap, twig, angle, crumple, get wise, slant

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1. toppleverb

   Synonyms:
   fall (top foremost), tumble down, topple over, topple down

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1. List of paraphrases for "topple":

   overthrow, toppling, overthrowing, oust, overturn, unseat, reverse

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1. Lloyd Austin:

   Putin thought that he could easily topple Kyiv’s democratically elected government. He thought that the wider world would let him get away with it. He thought that our unity would splinter, but he was wrong – on each and every count.

2. Lisa Zaran:

   If destiny will decide to topple my overgrown mesquite tree into the neighbor's yard, who knows. When the gods act up, we don't ask why. We keep quiet. We wait.

3. Mohamed Apandi Ali:

   These alleged charge papers therefore indicate that there is a conspiracy to topple a serving Prime Minister by criminalizing him, and that the methods include doctoring and criminal leakage.

4. Sheikh Yahya:

   Marches, protests, unrest and all the tools used in democracies to topple leaders are illicit in Islam.

5. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   It is a very tight race. Nothing is guaranteed because there is a huge, worldwide effort to topple the Likud government.