TOPPLING

Verb

toppling

present participle of topple

Noun

toppling (plural topplings)

The act by which something is toppled.

Source: Wiktionary


TOPPLE

Top"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toppling.] Etym: [From Top summit.]

Definition: To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down. Though castles topple on their warders' heads. Shak.

Top"ple, v. t.

Definition: To throw down; to overturn. He topple crags from the precipice. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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