upending
- n turning upside down; setting on end
- v become turned or set on end
- v set, turn, or stand on end
- This new reality is upending traditional campaign strategies not just for the organizations of Obama and McCain but also for down-ballot candidates and ballot-initiative efforts.
- Rice protected Hill after his gamble, when powerful hawks in the Bush Administration were gunning for him for upending the strategy to further isolate the dictatorship.
- Some cheeky non-traditionalists are upending Christmas celebrations.