upending
verb
- 1
To end up; to set on end.
- 2
To tip or turn over.
“When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.”
- 3
To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
“The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.”
noun
- 1
An act of overthrowing or turning over.
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