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  • 21capsize — Synonyms and related words: be lost, careen, come a cropper, culbuter, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, flounder, founder, get a cropper, go down, invert, keel, keel over, list, lurch, overset, overthrow,… …

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  • 22capsize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. overturn, upset, turn turtle, turn or tip over. See inversion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. upset, overturn, invert, tip over; see turn 2 , upset 1 . See Synonym Study at upset . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 23capsize — cap·size || kæp saɪz v. upset, overturn; be upset, be overturned (of a boat or ship) n. verturned boat ship …

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  • 24capsize — verb (of a boat) be overturned in the water. Origin C18: perh. based on Sp. capuzar sink a ship by the head , from cabo head + chapuzar to dive or duck …

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  • 25capsize — v. a. Upset, overturn …

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  • 26capsize — verb gale force winds capsized their small craft Syn: overturn, turn over, turn upside down, upend, flip/tip/keel over, turn turtle; Nautical pitchpole; archaic overset Ant: right …

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  • 27capsize — v overturn, turn over, upend, keel over, knock over, tip over, Inf. turn turtle; upset, overset, overthrow …

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  • 28capsize — cap·size …

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  • 29capsize — [kæpˈsaɪz] verb [I] if a boat capsizes, it turns over in the water …

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  • 30capsize — cap•size [[t]ˈkæp saɪz, kæpˈsaɪz[/t]] v. i. v. t. sized, siz•ing to turn bottom up; overturn • Etymology: 1780–90; obscurely akin to Occa(p)vira(> Fchavirer) to turn upside down cap′siz•a•ble, adj …

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