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'capsize' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a boat or ship turning onto its side or upside down, due to strong winds, waves, or the weight of the cargo or people on board. Example: The huge waves caused the small boat to capsize.
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capsize
verb
To overturn.
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Related: Far from the Madding Crowd director Thomas Vinterberg: 'It's always been me-me-me-me – until now' Far from the Madding Crowd predictably proved the top attraction at independent cinemas, but its arrival didn't capsize all the smaller competitors.
Superstition holds that turning a fish over will cause a fishing boat to capsize.
Lax safety standards and shoddy work on the ship are thought to have caused the boat to capsize and sink on its way to the island resort of Jeju.
It can sail smoothly for years, but capsize suddenly in rough seas and do so quite rapidly.
"We are all in this boat, and we don't want the boat to capsize," he says.
Nickel ore is dangerous because if it gets too wet, the fine, claylike particles that are often present in the ore turn the cargo to a liquid gloop that sloshes about the holds with such momentum that even a giant ship can capsize.
Currents draw water under the booms, while waves splash the oil over; strong winds capsize or sink them.
A YouTube clip showing Oracle Racing capsize during training has already garnered 1.5m views.The America's Cup World Series has also forced refereeing to improve.
Take a deep breath, squeeze the red sphere to close the valve, and exhale into the bag.At that point, we began to capsize.
But complacency would be folly: the closer Israel and the Palestinians get to a permanent peace, the more dissenters, on both sides, will be determined to capsize it.
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