English-Danish translations for topple

• vælte
  Formålet bør trods alt ikke være at vælte regeringen, men at hjælpe den belarussiske nation. After all, the aim should not be to topple the government, but to help the people of Belarus.
  Selvom det ikke var stemmer nok til at vælte den, må man erkende, at de medfører alvorlige eftervirkninger. Although there were not enough votes to topple the Commission, it must be realised that this vote has serious consequences.
  Hr. formand, hr. kommissær! Tiden er heldigvis løbet fra den opfattelse, at man kun kunne vælte en regering i Vestafrika ved hjælp af et militærkup. Mr President, Commissioner, the time has fortunately passed when the only known way to topple a government in West Africa was by means of a military coup.
• omstyrte
  De mener, at deres kritikere i Vesten er en del af en international sammensværgelse for at omstyrte deres regime. They believe that their critics in the West are part of an international conspiracy to topple their regime.
  Vi må hjælpe befolkningen i Belarus med at omstyrte hr. Lukasjenko, og vi bør også hjælpe dem med at lægge fundamentet til et frit civilsamfund og uddanne den unge generation. We need to help the people of Belarus to topple Mr Lukashenko, and we should also help them to lay the foundations for a free civil society and educate the younger generation.
• styrte

Definition of topple

• to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
• to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so

Examples

• The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
• The pile of pennies began to topple.

Related words

• toppled
• stopple
• topple over