GRE vocabulary
Culbute
A sudden, catastrophic turnover, upheaval, or dramatic transition.
Example
"The abrupt market culbute caught institutional investors off guard and overturned decades of fiscal dogma."
Etymology
From French culbute ('somersault, tumble') and French culbuter ('to turn upside down').
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