upend

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To end up; to set on end.
2. verb 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. verb To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

   The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.

4. verb To affect or upset drastically.

   By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans.

Similar words

inversion overturn topple defeat overthrow up-end unend terminate end out finish

Often followed by

the a it and his their her them all my

Word family

upended upending upends