overturned

verb

past tense of overturn
as in capsized
to turn on one's side or upside down afraid that my kayak would overturn

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Recent Examples of overturned Both saw only 29% of those calls overturned, well below the league average. — Abby Disalvo, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 This unjust decision must be overturned by the Supreme Court in its entirety. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026 Video from inside the school shows students seeking shelter beneath tables in a classroom, tables overturned and stacked, and bullet shells on the floor. — Connor Greene, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 Three people died and one remains missing after the 49-foot vessel overturned with 20 people aboard; 16 survived. — Ruyuan Li. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 After Knox was convicted of Kercher’s murder in 2009 and sentenced to 26 years in prison, the conviction was overturned in 2011 and she was fully acquitted in 2015. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 Calls range from people accidentally slipping into the river and overturned kayaks to boating emergencies and people intentionally entering the water. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 In February, Vinay Prasad, then FDA’s head of biologics, overturned the recommendation of career staff and notified Moderna that FDA would not even consider its application. — Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 His conviction was overturned in 2022 when blood evidence ruled him out as the perpetrator. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturned
  1. capsized
  2. collapsed
  3. fell
  4. upset
  5. toppled
  6. turned over
Verb
  • In a separate incident, a small boat capsized off Hardelot, on France's north west coast, late on Wednesday, the Pas-de-Calais prefecture said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Authorities have recovered and identified a third person who died after a boat capsized two weeks ago in the San Francisco Bay.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of capsized
Verb
  • Thirty-odd years after Communist rule collapsed in eastern Europe, Budapest finally feels revitalized.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Many of those on that flight were killed when a hotel they were being housed at collapsed in the quake.
    — Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of collapsed
Verb
  • The return to form is all the more stunning given that book sales overall are barely rising, and Amazon, which nearly felled Barnes & Noble in the 2010s, is still a threat.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Each measures 500 square feet, with its walls, ceilings, and timber beams made from pine trees felled on site.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • Sparks upset the Lynx Rae Burrell scored 17 points, and Erica Wheeler had four in a game-ending 8-0 run and the Sparks ended Minnesota’s 10-game winning streak, beating the WNBA-leading Lynx 89-82 on Thursday night.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In a year where voters upset with the Democratic Party mainstream have propelled outsider candidates to victory across the country, Crowley is hoping to buck the trend in Wisconsin.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of upset
Verb
  • Foreign oil companies and investors are moving into Venezuela seven months after the US toppled then-President Nicolás Maduro, betting the world’s largest crude reserves are finally open for business.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Voice of America’s Persian Service began airing in its current form in 1979, shortly after the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah and installed the Islamist clerics who rule the country to this day.
    — Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Definition of toppled
Verb
  • Flores turned over 122 recordings of his colleagues’ commentary to the LAPD Office of the Inspector General early last year, according to the motion filed Friday.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The fire department said Wednesday that the property has been turned over to the homeowners' association and that the immediate area remains fenced off and red-tagged.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned over

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“Overturned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturned. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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