GRE vocabulary
upend
to overturn or disrupt completely
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In a sentence
Upend in a sentence
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The discovery threatened to upend decades of accepted theory.
Synonyms
overturntoppleupset
Antonyms
preservemaintainstabilize
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Common questions
Questions about “upend”
Upend (verb) means to overturn or disrupt completely
Here is upend used in an example sentence: "The discovery threatened to upend decades of accepted theory."
Common synonyms for upend include overturn, topple, upset.
Antonyms of upend include preserve, maintain, stabilize.
Upend is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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