Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
capsize . - noun An overturning of a boat etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
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Examples
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Constantly keeping track of weather reports, water and clouds can protect you from the possibility of rough water conditions and perhaps even capsizing, which is never a good thing for fishermen.
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On one swift bend, around which poured a healthy young rapid, they lost two hours, making a score of attempts and capsizing twice.
Trust 2010
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And as I charge down this toboggan run at frightening speeds, at the edge of capsizing on the sharp curves, feeling the torque and rattle in my bones, my heart feathering through my breast, it occurs to me that this is a modern example of Baillie's sublime.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011
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And as I charge down this toboggan run at frightening speeds, at the edge of capsizing on the sharp curves, feeling the torque and rattle in my bones, my heart feathering through my breast, it occurs to me that this is a modern example of Baillie's sublime.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011
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Our nation and its economy are capsizing beneath their weight.
Trippi: GOP trying to turn Obama into another Jimmy Carter 2009
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The children ran down the beach in advance of her, and as the man in the bidarka drew closer, nearly capsizing with one of his ill-directed strokes, the women followed.
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When they did manage to think, they went over the side in a rush, capsizing the canoes of course.
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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.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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A roar of laughter from the passengers greeted the capsizing of the fox-terrier and the good-natured gravity of Michael.
CHAPTER VI 2010
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The children ran down the beach in advance of her, and as the man in the bidarka drew closer, nearly capsizing with one of his ill-directed strokes, the women followed.
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