capsize
verb (used with or without object)
to turn bottom up; overturn: With a strong kick he capsized the stool.
capsizal
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a word derived from
capsize.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, so sure was I of this that I saw, next to the ice splitting and freeing her in that way, the best thing that could happen would be its capsizal.
From The Frozen Pirate by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
Our main and imminent danger lay in the sudden dissolution of the ice, or in the capsizal of the berg.
From The Honour of the Flag by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
The hatch rocked terribly, trembling upon the very verge of capsizal.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
