capsizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of capsize
as in overturns
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 capsizes The boat capsizes moments after departure All 15 victims were on a company trip organized by India's Lava International, a smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturer, for its employees, distributors and retail partners, the company said. — CBS News, 13 July 2026 Boat capsizes during sudden storm on Geneva Lake Officials said all four children aboard were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026 The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025 When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsizes
  1. overturns
  2. collapses
  3. upsets
  4. falls
Verb
  • When someone falls into the Chicago River, jumps from a bridge, overturns a kayak, or becomes trapped beneath the surface, the Chicago Fire Department's Marine Unit is often among the first crews called to respond.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Swift overturns the tradition of Homer’s blindness in Gulliver’s Travels partly to remind us of the poet’s eye for detail, but also to emphasize the possibility of direct connection between Homer and his audience.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of overturns
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  • Hermione, overcome with grief from the sudden death of her other son, collapses and dies offstage.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Perhaps even Daeron, who in the book dies ignobly early in the battle, either by a random one of Addam’s soldiers or when his burning pavilion collapses on him.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of collapses
Verb
  • Tyson Gay upsets the defending world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a race between the two fastest runners in history.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Don’t be home to have to listen to any of the buzz that upsets you.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of upsets
Verb
  • Methane evaporates, forms clouds, falls as rain, and collects in lakes and seas.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Then, after darkness falls, the annual Perseid meteor shower will peak beneath perfectly moonless skies.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of falls

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