Dismantled vs Toppled - What's the difference?
dismantled | toppled |
(dismantle)
(originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
To remove fittings or furnishings from.
To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
(topple)
to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
* The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator
to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
* The pile of pennies began to topple
As verbs the difference between dismantled and toppled
is that dismantled is (dismantle) while toppled is (topple).dismantled
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(head)dismantle
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(dismantl)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}