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Another word for capsize

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Verb

  1. To turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position

    See also:

    move

    horizontal

    change

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Another word for capsize

Verb
  1. See also:

    upset

    upset

    turn

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Sentence Examples

  • When a train is running round a curve the centrifugal force which comes into play tends to make its wheel-flanges press against the outer rail, or even to capsize it.

  • A summer camp counselor drinks alcohol before taking children out on a canoe and causes the boat to capsize.

  • Now and again a great berg would capsize with a reverberant roar.

  • Russ and Koen, watching for whales from the monkey island, had seen the huge berg capsize alongside the ship.

  • pluck to continue to capsize every day or two.

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