Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun capsizing

1 sense of capsizing

Sense 1
capsizing -- ((nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water)
       => shipwreck, wreck -- (an accident that destroys a ship at sea)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb capsize

1 sense of capsize

Sense 1
capsize, turtle, turn turtle -- (overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!")
       => overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over -- (turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over")

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