Toppling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is toppled.

    "And in “Central Park in the Dark” and her haunting response to “The Unanswered Question,” Sokolow evokes more small-town anomie in spare shifts of ranks, topplings and rises."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of topple form-of, gerund, participle, present

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overthrowoverturn

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"The storm packed winds of 100 to 140 miles per hour, toppling homes and causing widespread flooding."

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