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up·end

(ŭp-ĕnd′)

v. up·end·ed, up·end·ing, up·ends

v.tr.

1. To stand, set, or turn on one end: upend an oblong box.

2. To invalidate, destroy, or change completely; overthrow: upended a popular legend.

3. To win victory over; defeat.

v.intr.

To be upended.

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upended

(ˌʌpˈɛndɪd)

adj

turned or set on end

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Adj.

upended - turned up on end

vertical, perpendicular - at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"

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Under the three it upended and rolled sidewise, throwing them back into the water.

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