capsize
to turn bottom up; overturn: The ferry capsized and sank in minutes.With a strong kick he capsized the stool.
to upset or collapse: Their marriage almost capsized when they lost their only child.He has a secret that could capsize his career.
Origin of capsize
1synonym study For capsize
Opposites for capsize
Other words from capsize
- cap·siz·a·ble, adjective
- non·cap·siz·a·ble, adjective
- un·cap·siz·a·ble, adjective
- un·cap·sized, adjective
Words Nearby capsize
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How to use capsize in a sentence
At the apex of each leap, the whales barrel-roll, or capsize backward.
The Whale Who Will Come Soon - Issue 105: Whale Songs | Rebecca Giggs | September 8, 2021 | NautilusLacking power, the ship was driven shoreward toward rocks, rolling and pitching so uncontrollably it nearly capsized.
3 great new audiobooks for your drive, your walk, your laundry folding ... | Katherine A. Powers | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostOne is tilted sideways and sinking like a capsized ship, while “Benefits of Isolation” is a prisonlike tower that looks like a model of a relic from a vanished civilization.
In the galleries: Exploring how body language is a visual form of communication | Mark Jenkins | June 11, 2021 | Washington PostNBC 7 reports that the County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the names of the three people who died Sunday after a “severely overcrowded” boat capsized in the waters off Point Loma.
Morning Report: Who Gets to View Police Drone Footage? | Voice of San Diego | May 5, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThey looked like toy ships on uncertain seas—heaving starboard, falling portside, too much in the bow, sinking in the stern—but they didn’t capsize.
Q: Trying to overthrow the Constitution and deliberately capsize the U.S. economy?
Men may refuse the challenge of trying to right a ship on the verge of capsize, preferring to wait for an easier test.
I am grieved to say that Mr. Billings remarked, "Let's go aboard the blank, and capsize the whole blank trunk."
The Chequers | James RuncimanThe pace became so hot that a small obstacle would capsize the sledge, causing it to roll over and over down the slope.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonNow all hung by a hair, we could not manage the boat and it must inevitably capsize and be swamped under this foaming crest.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven HedinKiv-i-ung, who had never abused the boy, had gone out with the rest, but his kayak did not capsize.
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales | Clara Kern BaylissHe was a good swimmer, but he knew well that were his canoe to capsize he could not hope to survive long in these cold waters.
The Gaunt Gray Wolf | Dillon Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for capsize
/ (kæpˈsaɪz) /
to overturn accidentally; upset
Origin of capsize
1Derived forms of capsize
- capsizal, noun
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