Word Request – Verb for ‘Blowing Wind Making Something Fall’

word-request

I have the following sentence:

Can strong winds ______ a tall building?

Otherwise, I would have to ask "Can strong winds make a tall building fall?"

What is the suitable verb?

Best Answer

An idiomatic way of asking this in English is

"Can strong winds blow a tall building over?"

Blow over: verb, intrasitive/transitive, if something is blown over, the wind made it fall- Macmillan

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