The stroke was clean and the head toppled on to the steps at the foot of the altar.

Twice more she struck, and the grinning head toppled from the body.

The blade sliced cleanly free and the man's head slowly toppled from his shoulders.

The head of the Sphinx had toppled on its side.

The head toppled to the right, the body to the left.

Then his head toppled from his body and bounced in the dust.

Particular attention has been paid to the neck (right), where erosion had spawned worries that the head may one day topple over.

The Irapina's head, severed from the neck, toppled onto the table.

The head toppled and rolled into the room, while the body fell the other way.

The weak neck had let the head topple over, and it rested upon the shoulder.