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upset
To disturb the functioning, order, or course of:
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  1. To disturb the functioning, order, or course of:
  2. To become overturned or upset
  3. To cause to overturn; knock or tip over:
overturn
To turn over or capsize:
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  1. To turn over or capsize:
  2. To cause to fall over; knock or topple over:
  3. To turn or throw over; upset
invert
To subject to inversion.
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  1. To subject to inversion.
  2. To change to the direct opposite; reverse the order, position, direction, etc. of
  3. To turn upside down
tip-over
(Ergative) (to cause) to topple over and fall
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  1. (Ergative) (to cause) to topple over and fall
knock over
(Slang, idiomatic) To rob; to stage a heist
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  1. (Slang, idiomatic) To rob; to stage a heist
  2. To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it
overthrow
To throw a ball or the like beyond (the intended receiver or target)
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  1. To throw a ball or the like beyond (the intended receiver or target)
  2. To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
  3. To throw or turn over; upset
overturn
(--- Law) To invalidate or reverse (a decision) by legal means:
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  1. (--- Law) To invalidate or reverse (a decision) by legal means:
  2. To cause the downfall, destruction, or ending of; overthrow or abolish.
  3. To turn or throw over; upset
topple
To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of.
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  1. To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of.
  2. To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
  3. To overthrow
turn over
(Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
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  1. (Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see turn,"Ž over.
  3. (Idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
upset
To disturb the functioning, order, or course of:
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  1. To disturb the functioning, order, or course of:
  2. To become overturned or upset
  3. To cause to overturn; knock or tip over:
Find another word for capsize. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for capsize, like: upset, overturn, invert, tip-over, turn, upset, knock over, overthrow, overturn, topple and turn over.

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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