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upending
verb
noun
To end up; to set on end.
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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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When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.