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 crew of a civilian boat, the Tripiti, rescued four people the day after the boat capsized, the Coast Guard said. — David Goodhue october 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Weeks later, Harris and his brother went fishing in Suisun Bay, where their boat capsized, and Harris was reported missing. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026 The Coast Guard said the makeshift boat capsized late Sunday after a fight in which some people were severely injured by a machete, forcing the group to jump into the water despite not wearing life vests. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The vessel reportedly capsized late Sunday night about 10 miles off Mona Island, according to the Coast Guard. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 At least 12 people died and dozens remained missing after a vessel carrying more than 50 passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo; about 15 people were rescued. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Thursday’s deadly boat crash comes two months after a Volare cabin cruiser capsized in the San Francisco Bay. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 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 Alex Cooper’s dating series Love Overboard has capsized after Hulu canceled it after one season. — Peter White, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsized
  1. overturned
  2. collapsed
  3. fell
  4. upset
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  • When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The driver of a semitractor-trailer that overturned early Wednesday in Olathe died in the crash, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of overturned
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  • Messi collapsed to the turf as his teammates, delirious, ran to hug him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Jim Bakker, the pioneering TV evangelist who became a symbol of the glitz and greed of the 1980s when his PTL empire near Charlotte collapsed amid scandals, died Monday.
    — Melissa Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of collapsed
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  • 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
  • Eating the baits won’t harm your pet but consuming several baits might temporarily upset your pet’s stomach.
    — Eva Flowe October 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In Brazil's October 4th presidential election, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished first with 47% of the vote to the incumbent's 45%, and upset the polls.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of upset

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“Capsized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsized. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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