as in overturned
to turn on one's side or upside down
a huge wave out of nowhere caused our little sailboat to capsize
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Recent Examples of capsized
The impact of the crash capsized the boat, killing three children — Mila Yankelevich, Erin Ko and Ari Buchman.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Both men were wearing life jackets, but were separated when their canoe capsized.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Here's What to Know Several attempts to provide guardrails around technology have already capsized.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Their vessel, Thelma, was capsized after being battered by the turbulent swells when the engine failed; 17 people were tossed overboard into the raging sea.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
And in Massachusetts, police are looking for a man in his 50s who disappeared after his boat capsized off the coast os Salisbury Beach on Saturday, according to the AP.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The United States Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing fisherman after a vessel with four people on it capsized in 7-foot swells and heavy winds off the coast of Oregon, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
Five people were injured, including one critically, when a wave capsized their disabled boat about 200 yards off Bird Rock late Friday afternoon, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Dozens of African migrants died after a boat carrying around 150 people capsized off the coast of Yemen.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2025
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Both men were wearing life jackets, but were separated when their canoe capsized.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Here's What to Know Several attempts to provide guardrails around technology have already capsized.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Their vessel, Thelma, was capsized after being battered by the turbulent swells when the engine failed; 17 people were tossed overboard into the raging sea.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
And in Massachusetts, police are looking for a man in his 50s who disappeared after his boat capsized off the coast os Salisbury Beach on Saturday, according to the AP.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The United States Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing fisherman after a vessel with four people on it capsized in 7-foot swells and heavy winds off the coast of Oregon, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
Five people were injured, including one critically, when a wave capsized their disabled boat about 200 yards off Bird Rock late Friday afternoon, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Dozens of African migrants died after a boat carrying around 150 people capsized off the coast of Yemen.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsized
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By an 11-1 vote, a Miami-Dade County jury originally sentenced him to death, but that sentence was overturned in 2017 after a new state law ruled it unconstitutional for a death sentence to be imposed without a unanimous jury verdict, according to the court records.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Weinstein was found guilty of third-degree rape of Mann in early 2020, but that conviction was overturned in 2024 by a New York state appeals court.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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The sofa was so collapsed that getting up from it felt like core strength training.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Uruguay — Now take the above scenario, but imagine Uruguay upsets its towering South American neighbor in the round of 32.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Atlanta Falcons’ upset over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17 changed everything.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Capsized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsized. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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