upending
Turning completely over
Upending is the act of turning something upside down or on its end: upending a bucket to dump its contents.
More often the word describes dramatic disruption or overturning of established arrangements: The new technology is upending the industry.
What gets upended—expectations, traditions, hierarchies—is fundamentally inverted or destabilized.
Causing to collapse
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
- overturningCausing to flip
- flippingTurning over rapidly
- capsizingWatercraft inverting suddenly
inverting · knocking over · tumbling · spilling · keeling · tilting · pitching · rolling
Causing to flip
- upsettingCausing emotional turmoil
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
- shaking upReorganizing dramatically
- disruptingInterfering with normal function
unsettling · overthrowing · transforming · revolutionizing · upheaving · undermining · challenging · displacing
Causing to flip
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
- invertingTurning something over
- negatingNullifying or invalidating
- undoingCause of destruction
nullifying · invalidating · contradicting · countering · defying · refuting · disproving · upturning
toppling
Causing to collapse
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
- overturningCausing to flip
- flippingTurning over rapidly
capsizing · inverting · knocking over · tumbling · spilling · keeling · tilting · pitching · rolling · dumping
overturning
Causing to flip
- upsettingCausing emotional turmoil
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
- shaking upReorganizing dramatically
disrupting · unsettling · overthrowing · transforming · revolutionizing · upheaving · undermining · challenging · displacing · unseating
overturning
Causing to flip
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
- invertingTurning something over
- negatingNullifying or invalidating
undoing · nullifying · invalidating · contradicting · countering · defying · refuting · disproving · upturning · flipping the script
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
- bird behaviorsflying, soaring, perching, nesting, migrating
- rebellionrevolt, rebel, mutiny, insurgency, insurrection
upendingrighting
Correcting or straightening
standing up · restoring · straightening · leveling · uprighting
upendingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
steadying · reinforcing · preserving · maintaining · securing