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Synonyms and Antonyms of upended
- the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game
beat, bested, conquered, defeated, did down [British], dispatched, got, got around, licked, mastered, overbore, overcame, overmatched, prevailed (over), skunked, stopped, subdued, surmounted, took, trimmed, triumphed (over), won (against), worsted
edged (out), nosed out, pipped [British]
annihilated, blew away, blew out, bombed, broke, buried, clobbered, creamed, crushed, drubbed, finished, flattened, overwhelmed, routed, shellacked, skinned, slaughtered, smoked [slang], snowed under, thrashed, trounced, upset, walloped, waxed [slang], whipped
capped, excelled, flourished, scored, succeeded
knocked off, knocked over, overpowered, overthrew, subjugated, unseated, vanquished
aced (out), bettered, eclipsed, exceeded, excelled, outdid, outdistanced, outfought, outshone (or outshined), outstripped, overtopped, surpassed, topped, transcended
- we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator
braced, buttressed, propped (up), shored (up), supported
boosted, craned, elevated, heaved (or hove), hefted, heightened, hiked, hoisted, jacked (up), lifted, perked (up), picked up, upheld, uplifted, upped
demolished, flattened, knocked down, leveled (or levelled), razed, tore down
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