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capsizing

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cap·size  (kpsz, kp-sz)
intr. & tr.v. cap·sized, cap·siz·ing, cap·siz·es
To overturn or cause to overturn: The boat capsized; I capsized the canoe.
[Origin unknown.]
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Noun1.capsizing - (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the watercapsizing - (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor
wreck, shipwreck - an accident that destroys a ship at sea
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It was a dug-out, as ancient and dilapidated as its owner, and, in order to get into it without capsizing, Daughtry wet one leg to the ankle and the other leg to the knee.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
There was no time for a second shot, for the Mary, dropping the tomahawk, holding her child in both her hands and plunging to the rail, was in the air and overboard, her fall capsizing the canoe which chanced to be beneath her.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
It's almost enough to make one think, if one didn't know better,' said Alderman Cute, 'that at times some motion of a capsizing nature was going on in things, which affected the general economy of the social fabric.
The Chimes by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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