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