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Capsized

To overturn.

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verb
  1. 1

    To overturn.

  2. 2

    To cause (a ship) to overturn.

  3. 3

    (of knots) To deform under stress.

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overturningnounThe act by which something is overturned.
drownverb(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
drownedverbThat has died by drowning.
embroileddeeply involved especially in something complicated
inundatedflooded
overturnedhaving been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
plumpedverb(transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
plungedverb(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
sankverb(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
sunkverbdoomed to extinction
turnedmoved around an axis or center
founderingnounThe act by which a vessel founders.
run agroundverb(intransitive, of a vessel) To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
shipwrecknoun(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
shipwreckedStranded as a result of a shipwreck.
aground(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
sinkingnounSinking, also known as doming, dishing or dapping, is a metalworking technique whereby flat sheet metal is formed into a non-flat object by hammering it into a concave indentation.
upendedturned up on end
shipwrecksnoun(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
founderedverb(of a horse) Lame.

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