capsizeverb [ I or T ]
uk/kæpˈsaɪz/us/kæpˈsaɪz/to (cause a boat or ship to) turn upside down by accident while on water:
A huge wave capsized the yacht.
When the boat capsized we were trapped underneath it.
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail
- bail sth out
- ducking
- go
- go under
- ground
- keel
- keel over
- refloat
- resurface
- ride
- ride sth out
- right
- run
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank
- scuttle
- submerge
- sunken
- unsinkable
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Turning upside down