Definition of "toppling" []

• Present participle of topple. (verb)
• The act by which something is toppled. (noun)

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• "And if Miller, with her help, actually succeeded in toppling the incumbent, the way would be paved for Mayor Scott McAdams of Sitka, the moderate Democratic candidate who would appeal to the Independents necessary to win any Alaska seat."
• "Bushie was successful in toppling Aristide in Haiti, although he had the help of the French."
• "The US and its allies succeeded in toppling Taliban regime in November 2001 and replacing it with a puppet regime, but the Taliban were neither militarily defeated nor eliminated from the system."