capsize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to overturn in water, or to cause a boat or other vessel to overturn

   A sudden gust nearly caused the fishing boat to capsize.

Recorded in English from the late eighteenth century. Its origin is uncertain; it may be related to Spanish chapuzar, meaning to plunge headfirst into water, but that connection is not firmly established.

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