topple

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Goal of terrorists is not to topple US government.

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fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

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verb

fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

verb

cause to topple or tumble by pushing

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for topple.

verb

fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

verb

cause to topple or tumble by pushing

Example sentences

Goal of terrorists is not to topple US government.

Linux was/is free and was never able to topple Windows on the desktop.

People are not justified to call them "evil" because of that, nor to try to topple their government.

So, would another country be justified to say, bomb the US and topple the government to pass laws to change that?

Each person who raises their voice may be a little mouse, but a million mice working together can topple anything.

But you were actually threatening to topple an existing power structure.

Ah yes, the well known "topple enemy leaders by restricting their access to Linux tech support" strategy.

It didn't topple java but it created a viable altenative.

I was saying back in the day in another HN post that the so called Libyan "protesters" were a bunch of crooks and mercenaries picked up and supported to topple Khadaffi.

We as makers, innovators, and inventors have to topple the inefficient stupidity of the system, as is. I honestly believe we are the only ones on the planet that can correct this stupidity of the suits.

The elite tried to topple AKP government undemocratically.

They're unlikely to topple Facebook, so why not pick a different industry and dominate that, its not like they dont have the resources or intelligence to be able to do it. If they could get over their egos they could become extremely successful.

See, the US is a world leader, so there's not another country that can even think of using people to influence American politics, topple politicians, grab it's resources, etc.

We spend our time on the edge of disaster, but before we can topple over, the lure of riches to the person who can come up with the solution is sufficient to take us to the next plateau.

With Google fiber rolling out, and eventually pushing the country toward gigabit, there will no longer be any reason why a cheap, weak box with an internet connection can't topple the console giants.

Get rid of all their own illegal software and only then are they in a position to charge others with the same crime after all, nobody is above the law.... except those with enough money or information to bribe, blackmail or topple governments and assassinate other world figures with impunity.