Example Sentences

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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 Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

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 Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

The hatch rocked terribly, trembling upon the very verge of capsizal.

From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram