capsized; capsizing
: to cause to overturn
capsize a canoe
: to become upset or overturned : turn over
the canoe capsized
capsize
noun
Examples of capsize in a Sentence
They were fooling around and accidentally capsized the canoe.
a huge wave out of nowhere caused our little sailboat to capsize
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One person died and another was missing Monday after a boat capsized near Bodega Head in Sonoma County.
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Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Two people have been confirmed dead and several more are missing after two separate boats capsized in the past few days off Northern California’s Bodega Bay amid increasingly dangerous winds.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Large breaking waves can cause injury, wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats near shore.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
This can be a treacherous one — in August 2023, a boat en route to Pinang from the nearby surfing hot spot of Nias Island capsized during a storm.
—Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Two people have been confirmed dead and several more are missing after two separate boats capsized in the past few days off Northern California’s Bodega Bay amid increasingly dangerous winds.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Large breaking waves can cause injury, wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats near shore.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
This can be a treacherous one — in August 2023, a boat en route to Pinang from the nearby surfing hot spot of Nias Island capsized during a storm.
—Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Capsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capsize. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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