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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "topple over"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "top",
"3": "le",
"pos2": "frequentative verb suffix"
},
"expansion": "top + -le (frequentative verb suffix)",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "topples",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "toppling",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
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},
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],
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"top‧ple"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To push or throw over."
],
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[
"push",
"push"
],
[
"throw",
"throw"
],
[
"over",
"over"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To push or throw over."
],
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"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "yıxmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "devirmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "çevirmək"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbarjam",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "събарям"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
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"roman": "prekaturvam",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "прекатурвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "tombar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "enderrocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuīfān",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "推翻"
},
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"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
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"word": "převrhnout"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "svalit"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "vælte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "styrte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "omstyrte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "renverser"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "of statues",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "déboulonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "derrubar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "estomballar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "stürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "umkippen"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatrépo",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "ανατρέπω"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anapodogyrízo",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "αναποδογυρίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "dönt"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "leborít"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
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"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "felborít"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
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"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "ledönt"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "velta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "abbattere"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "abbattersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "whakahinga"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "turaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "styrte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "velte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przewracać"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przewrócić"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "derrubar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokídyvatʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроки́дывать"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokínutʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опроки́нуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valítʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povalítʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svergátʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сверга́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svérgnutʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "све́ргнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "derribar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "tippa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "välta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "stjälpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "störta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "piṉ taḷḷutal",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "பின் தள்ளுதல்"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paḍagoṭṭu",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "పడగొట్టు"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povalýty",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "valýty",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "stårer"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To overturn."
],
"id": "en-topple-en-verb-pHrxjR4C",
"links": [
[
"overturn",
"overturn"
]
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to topple one's rival",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel",
"text": "Barla Von: Most people think I deal in finances, but my real currency is knowledge. I trade information and it has made me very wealthy.\nBarla Von: But the Shadow Broker is the true master. Every day, he buys and sells secrets that could topple governments, always giving them to the highest bidder.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 May 24, Nicholas Nehamas, “Ron DeSantis Joins 2024 Race, Hoping to Topple Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "He now confronts the daunting endeavor of toppling a former president whose belligerence and loyal base of support have discouraged most leading Republicans — including, up to now, Mr. DeSantis — from making frontal attacks against him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To overthrow something."
],
"id": "en-topple-en-verb-2uwbmqeK",
"links": [
[
"overthrow",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) To overthrow something."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The pile of pennies began to topple.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so."
],
"id": "en-topple-en-verb-TbHhRPt1",
"links": [
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],
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"lean",
"lean"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaplašvam da padna",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "заплашвам да падна"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "vinclar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎoxià",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "倒下"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kácet se"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
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"word": "překotit se"
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
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"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
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],
"word": "převrhnout se"
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "vælte"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "tomber"
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "chuter"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "umfallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "umkippen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "wackeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katapípto",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "καταπίπτω"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "klonízomai",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "κλονίζομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "eldől"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "felborul"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "dől"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "reclinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "reclinarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valítʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ться"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
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"roman": "povalítʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "oprokídyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроки́дываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokínutʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опроки́нуться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čeburáxnutʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"humorous",
"perfective"
],
"word": "чебура́хнуться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "padyate",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "पद्यते"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "recargar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "tippa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "valytysja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "валитися"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
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},
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɒpəl"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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