as in to overturn
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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The group aboard the boat set sail on Sunday morning for a fishing trip, sources with knowledge of the incident told ABC New York station WABC.
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The water temperature at the time the boat capsized was in the mid-to-low 30s.
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Francis Marmolejos, 37, of Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, was among the six friends aboard a 30-foot fishing boat that capsized in Ambrose Channel Sunday after beginning to take on water near Breezy Point.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Coast Guard was working with New York City’s Fire and Police Departments to understand what caused the boat to capsize.
—Ellen Yan, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Other high-profile boating accidents in recent years include one in Missouri that killed 13 people when a tourist duck boat capsized in Table Rock Lake in 2018.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
Francis Marmolejos, 37, of Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, was among the six friends aboard a 30-foot fishing boat that capsized in Ambrose Channel Sunday after beginning to take on water near Breezy Point.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
The Coast Guard was working with New York City’s Fire and Police Departments to understand what caused the boat to capsize.
—Ellen Yan, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Other high-profile boating accidents in recent years include one in Missouri that killed 13 people when a tourist duck boat capsized in Table Rock Lake in 2018.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsize
Verb
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In December, Willis was disqualified from prosecuting the case against Trump and 18 other co-defendants, accusing them of engaging in a conspiracy to overturn Joe Biden's victory in Georgia in 2020.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Last year, his conviction was overturned by the New York court of appeals and a retrial was ordered.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Those mortgages were then bundled into complex financial products that collapsed when homeowners started defaulting on their loans.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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Permafrost acts as nature’s foundation in the Arctic, providing structural stability for landscapes that would otherwise collapse.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Meditation is something that really keeps me even keeled.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 July 2023
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Throughout the ups and downs for the Chicago Bulls this season, coach Billy Donovan has tried to keep his demeanor even keel for the most part.—
Jamal Collier,
chicagotribune.com,
20 Mar. 2021
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Anyone would be upset in this situation, but Moore ‘s anger is misplaced and could easily be read as jealousy.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
19 Mar. 2025
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Alternative schools to traditional neighborhood schools Many parents who were upset by school closures opted to move their kids outside of their neighborhood public schools – and have kept them there, according to data from EdChoice, a nonprofit organization which advocates for school vouchers.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Capsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsize. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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