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capsized

verb

past tense of capsize
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 Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea -- A tugboat capsized and sank off South Korea's southeastern coast on Wednesday, leaving one crew member dead and six others missing, the coast guard said. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Colescott looks at the moment after the ship has fallen apart, when the ship has capsized and people are in the water. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Eight people died when the passenger ferry Filo Jet, which was carrying 267 passengers and crew, capsized and sank after leaving Kyrenia, a port in northern Cyprus, for Tasucu, Turkey, on Sunday afternoon. — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Alex Cooper’s dating series Love Overboard has capsized after Hulu canceled it after one season. — Peter White, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026 At least eight people died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026 The orca in the photo eventually died, but also capsized the boat, leaving the fishers to be rescued by other boats. — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 The captain of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor earlier this month, killing a baby and her mother, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said. — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 With a strong tide running in the Solent, and the proximity of that unyielding Napoleonic fort, there might not have been much to salvage from the boat if the Germans had capsized. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsized
  1. overturned
  2. collapsed
  3. fell
  4. upset
Verb
  • If the review yields conclusive evidence that the original call was wrong, it gets overturned — and the coach retains the ability to challenge a second play later in the game.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The tanker overturned and began leaking fuel onto the freeway.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of overturned
Verb
  • The machinery that collapsed was a drill rig, which was boring holes for the pilings to support the weight of the supertall skyscraper that will go up on the site.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The trip puts him back on the European stage as relations with Washington reel from tariffs, threats and personal attacks since trade talks collapsed.
    — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of collapsed
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • Charpia’s Cedar Shoals Jaguars will try to upset crosstown rival Clarke Central, coached by Perno, in Athens on Friday.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Speaker Mike Johnson can lose two Republican votes before a third defection upsets the majority.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of upset

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“Capsized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsized. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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