Upend
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Upend
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."
- To affect or upset drastically.
"By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans."