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 boat capsized, and the 14 passengers were hurtled into the bay.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
During the approximately two-week trial, jurors heard testimony from Pino's wife and several of Fernandez's friends who were on the boat at the time of the crash, who recalled the chaotic situation as the boat capsized.
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Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Rangers recovered the man’s body, capsized kayak and personal belongings.
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Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
Their jaunt in the water took a scary turn when their kayak capsized.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
The 100-foot-long painting is a chance to tell not just Kahanamoku’s surfing story, but also his Olympic gold medal feats and brave lifesaving actions just steps away when a fishing boat capsized off the Newport Harbor entrance.
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Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
Emergency officials said the vessel — a Sever-750 airboat designed to travel across both ice and water — capsized just offshore with 18 people aboard.
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Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
Four people and a dog were left adrift in a treacherous ocean inlet when their boat capsized off Oak Island on the North Carolina coast, according to searchers.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
Only Friduss and her mother, who was rescued clinging to a life preserver, survived when the boat soon afterward capsized and threw its ten occupants into the lake.
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Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
During the approximately two-week trial, jurors heard testimony from Pino's wife and several of Fernandez's friends who were on the boat at the time of the crash, who recalled the chaotic situation as the boat capsized.
—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Rangers recovered the man’s body, capsized kayak and personal belongings.
—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
Their jaunt in the water took a scary turn when their kayak capsized.
—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
The 100-foot-long painting is a chance to tell not just Kahanamoku’s surfing story, but also his Olympic gold medal feats and brave lifesaving actions just steps away when a fishing boat capsized off the Newport Harbor entrance.
—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
Emergency officials said the vessel — a Sever-750 airboat designed to travel across both ice and water — capsized just offshore with 18 people aboard.
—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
Four people and a dog were left adrift in a treacherous ocean inlet when their boat capsized off Oak Island on the North Carolina coast, according to searchers.
—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
Only Friduss and her mother, who was rescued clinging to a life preserver, survived when the boat soon afterward capsized and threw its ten occupants into the lake.
—
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsized
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In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene.
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The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict.
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Niv Shisler, 24, an aspiring rapper who works at Dorfman’s restaurant, moved to the town last November lured by cheap housing when rents collapsed during the war.
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The project had to be unplugged within months — before being widely deployed — when the company behind it collapsed.
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Aalto University / Mahdi Asgari History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny.
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And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
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House of the Dragon’s season-three premiere upsets the conventional wisdom.
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Both were made to sit outside the gates, deeply upsetting the family who mourned within.
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