top·ple /ˈtɑpəl/
(vt.)推翻,顛覆(vi.)倒塌,搖搖欲墜
Top·ple v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toppled p. pr. & vb. n. Toppling.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Though castles topple on their warders' heads. --Shak.
Top·ple, v. t. To throw down; to overturn.
He topple crags from the precipice. --Longfellow.
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topple
v 1: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade
Center tumbled after the plane hit it" [syn: tumble]
2: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: tumble, tip]