capsizing

cap·size

 (kăp′sīz′, kăp-sīz′)

intr. & tr.v. cap·sized, cap·siz·ing, cap·siz·es

To overturn or cause to overturn: The boat capsized; I capsized the canoe.

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[Perhaps from Spanish capuzar, to load a ship so that its bow sinks (perhaps alteration of chapuzar, to duck, push underwater, from Vulgar Latin *subputeāre : Latin sub-, sub- + puteus, well; see pit¹), or from Spanish cabezar, to pitch (from cabeza, head, from Vulgar Latin *capitia, from Latin caput, capit-; see cape²).]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

capsizing - (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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