topple
verb (used without object)
to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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I thought, The masts will be toppling over directly; and to get out of the way bolted on all-fours towards the poop-ladder.
From Youth, a Narrative by Joseph Conrad