(v. t. & i.) To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
(n.) An upset or overturn.
Example Sentences:
(1) China's official Xinhua news agency countered that the Vietnamese vessel capsized after "harassing and colliding" with the Chinese boat.
(2) At least 34 people, including 15 babies and children, drowned when their overcrowded boat capsized in high winds off a Greek island on Sunday, the latest asylum seeker tragedy at sea.
(3) The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between causal attributions and psychiatric symptoms in those who survived the capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry, two years following the disaster.
(4) The 20-metre fishing boat sank after capsizing when a fire was started on board to attract attention.
(5) Europe took a small step back from the moral abyss today, but it needs to do much more to provide clarity and turn this momentum into lives saved at sea.” The summit was called at short notice in reaction to the deaths of an estimated 800 migrants off the coast of Libya last weekend, drowned when their fishing trawler capsized in the biggest single tragedy in two years of attempts to flee sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East for southern Europe .
(6) The decision came after months of political wrangling which came to a head in June when two boats carrying refugees capsized north of Christmas Island within a week of each other, killing at least 90 people.
(7) Christ The Redeemer needs to spread his arms out a little more.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rio 2016: Serbian rowers capsize in rough conditions Rio Olympics 2016: men's road race heads for conclusion on day one – live!
(8) Non-election news story There is only one such story on Monday, and it’s horrific: Italy’s prime minister has called for an emergency summit about the humanitarian crisis off its southern coast after as many as 700 migrants died when their overcrowded boat capsized in the Mediterranean.
(9) One of the larger boats capsized and 10 people were later found dead.
(10) The coastguard said it was towing the boat to a nearby Greek island when it capsized.
(11) However at least scores of people could have died off the Burmese coast when overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya capsized as villagers fled the cyclone on Monday night.
(12) There were occasional outbursts of temper, and the day's one casualty was a farmer who objected to the road being closed, tried to tractor through the crowd and ended up half-capsized in the ditch with a split head.
(13) Besides Mohammed Ali and Mousani, the other men have all taken shoddy and overloaded boats that capsized, been caught by the authorities and escaped detention – all multiple times.
(14) A people smuggler’s boat carrying up to 40 passengers capsized on Tuesday morning between the small Greek islands of Agathonisi and Farmakonisi, 10 miles from the Turkish coast.
(15) I had three or four seconds to react as the boat capsized."
(16) Read more Survivors had earlier told investigators that they believed the vessel capsized after a collision with the King Jacob.
(17) More than 500 people narrowly escaped drowning on Wednesday after their smugglers’ boat capsized in the southern Mediterranean, a series of dramatic photographs have revealed.
(18) This was the issue on which, remember, the very same Lansley who now needs help, cynically capsized pre-election talks on a deal, labelling the Labour plan a "death tax" .
(19) Four rubber dinghies, each carrying up to 100 west African migrants, are believed to have capsized after leaving Libya for Italy several days ago, the UN refugee agency said, based on accounts from survivors.
(20) According to chief park warden, Jean Pierre Jobogo Mirindi, nine rangers were patrolling Lake Edward when a heavy wind capsized the boat.
Capsized
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Capsize
Example Sentences:
(1) China's official Xinhua news agency countered that the Vietnamese vessel capsized after "harassing and colliding" with the Chinese boat.
(2) At least 34 people, including 15 babies and children, drowned when their overcrowded boat capsized in high winds off a Greek island on Sunday, the latest asylum seeker tragedy at sea.
(3) The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between causal attributions and psychiatric symptoms in those who survived the capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry, two years following the disaster.
(4) The 20-metre fishing boat sank after capsizing when a fire was started on board to attract attention.
(5) Europe took a small step back from the moral abyss today, but it needs to do much more to provide clarity and turn this momentum into lives saved at sea.” The summit was called at short notice in reaction to the deaths of an estimated 800 migrants off the coast of Libya last weekend, drowned when their fishing trawler capsized in the biggest single tragedy in two years of attempts to flee sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East for southern Europe .
(6) The decision came after months of political wrangling which came to a head in June when two boats carrying refugees capsized north of Christmas Island within a week of each other, killing at least 90 people.
(7) Christ The Redeemer needs to spread his arms out a little more.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rio 2016: Serbian rowers capsize in rough conditions Rio Olympics 2016: men's road race heads for conclusion on day one – live!
(8) Non-election news story There is only one such story on Monday, and it’s horrific: Italy’s prime minister has called for an emergency summit about the humanitarian crisis off its southern coast after as many as 700 migrants died when their overcrowded boat capsized in the Mediterranean.
(9) One of the larger boats capsized and 10 people were later found dead.
(10) The coastguard said it was towing the boat to a nearby Greek island when it capsized.
(11) However at least scores of people could have died off the Burmese coast when overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya capsized as villagers fled the cyclone on Monday night.
(12) There were occasional outbursts of temper, and the day's one casualty was a farmer who objected to the road being closed, tried to tractor through the crowd and ended up half-capsized in the ditch with a split head.
(13) Besides Mohammed Ali and Mousani, the other men have all taken shoddy and overloaded boats that capsized, been caught by the authorities and escaped detention – all multiple times.
(14) A people smuggler’s boat carrying up to 40 passengers capsized on Tuesday morning between the small Greek islands of Agathonisi and Farmakonisi, 10 miles from the Turkish coast.
(15) I had three or four seconds to react as the boat capsized."
(16) Read more Survivors had earlier told investigators that they believed the vessel capsized after a collision with the King Jacob.
(17) More than 500 people narrowly escaped drowning on Wednesday after their smugglers’ boat capsized in the southern Mediterranean, a series of dramatic photographs have revealed.
(18) This was the issue on which, remember, the very same Lansley who now needs help, cynically capsized pre-election talks on a deal, labelling the Labour plan a "death tax" .
(19) Four rubber dinghies, each carrying up to 100 west African migrants, are believed to have capsized after leaving Libya for Italy several days ago, the UN refugee agency said, based on accounts from survivors.
(20) According to chief park warden, Jean Pierre Jobogo Mirindi, nine rangers were patrolling Lake Edward when a heavy wind capsized the boat.