upended

up·end  (p-nd)

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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"