topple
verb (used without object)
to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
toppled
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past participleof topple.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof topple.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
toppleverb (used without object)to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
Example Sentences
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At the end of January, Storm Kristin toppled thousands of electricity and telecom poles across central Portugal, cutting power and communications to hundreds of thousands of people - some for weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
That record was promptly toppled that March when a group of seven Berkeley students completed a run in five hours and 47 minutes, a feat certified as a Guinness World Record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Aparcedo and her family spent three years in a shelter following the floods before being relocated to a public housing project — which toppled in the June earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Soon after she was toppled, an interim government took charge.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The blast toppled trees in a 230.square-mile area north of the volcano called the blowdown zone and left vegetation standing but seared lifeless—the scorch zone—on the edges.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
