toppler
One who unseats
A toppler is someone or something that topples—that causes to fall or overthrow.
The word typically describes agents of downfall: a toppler of dictators, a toppler of dynasties.
In games involving stacking or balancing, the toppler is whoever causes the structure to collapse.
Abrupt seizure of power
- dethroneRemove from sovereignty
- usurpSeize without right
- deposeRemove from authority
- oustRemove from position
regime · tyrant · dictator · autocrat · monarch · insurrection · rebellion · mutiny
Tending to teeter
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- precariousDangerously insecure
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- shakyTrembling or unstable
unstable · off-balance · leaning · tilting · tottering · knockdown · pushover · collapse
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
oust · regime · tyrant · dictator · autocrat · monarch · insurrection · rebellion · mutiny · putsch
wobbly
Tending to teeter
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- precariousDangerously insecure
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
shaky · unstable · off-balance · leaning · tilting · tottering · knockdown · pushover · collapse · fall
chain reaction
Self-sustaining causal sequence
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
setup · tiles · rally · knockdown · spacing · arrangement · pattern · dominoes · game · ivory
Jenga
Block-removal balancing game
game · wooden · children · dexterity · balance · skill · tumbling · building · construction · playing
- topple overFall from upright position
- statue topplingDestroying public sculptures