upend

1. (transitive)To end up; to set on end.

   hochkant stellen

   зака́нчиватьzakánčivatʹ, положить конецpoložitʹ konec

   set, turn, or stand on end

2. (transitive)To 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

   umkippen, umstülpen, auf den Kopf stellen

   переворачиватьperevoračivatʹ, опрокидыватьoprokidyvatʹ

3. (figuratively, transitive)To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

   The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.

   zerstören

   сверга́тьsvergátʹ, опровергатьoprovergatʹ

4. (figuratively, transitive)To affect or upset drastically.

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

1. The dictator's fall will upend the political landscape.

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2. What happened for all of his plans to be upended so quickly?

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3. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended people's lives across the globe.

   deDie Coronapandemie hat das Leben von Leuten auf der ganzen Welt auf den Kopf gestellt.

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