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Upend

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo end up; to set on end.
2.VerbTo tip or turn over.
"When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.; upend the box and empty the contents"
3.VerbTo destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
"The scientific evidence upended the popular myth."
4.VerbTo affect or upset drastically.
"By the middle of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended normal life for virtually all Americans."
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