capsize Meaning & Definition

  • En [ kæpˈsaɪz]
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Meaning of capsize In English

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Examples of capsize

  • If the ice is not regularly removed, it will build up on the ship's structure and may cause the vessel destabilise or capsize.

  • Although the ship of state was not capsized, for a time it appeared uncertain whether the vessel could right itself and set upon its proper course.

  • It is dragon racing in large galleys which are unlikely to capsize.

  • The formal inquiry concluded that the most likely scenario that led to the ship's capsizing was that she was broadside to the sea.

  • Too much top ice, which could form within minutes, would capsize a trawler.

  • While the troops were leaving the transport, two boats capsized, 51 lives being lost.

  • This type of hovercraft was quite rightly considered a very safe vehicle and it capsized in what might well have been freak conditions.

  • If there had been, the ship would probably have been unstable and capsized.

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Translations of capsize In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    (使船)翻,傾覆…

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  • 中文简体

    (使船)翻,倾覆…

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  • Español

    hacer volcar, volcarse…

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  • Português

    emborcar, virar…

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  • Türk dili

    alabora olmak/etmek, devrilmek, devirmek…

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  • Français

    (faire) chavirer, chavirer…

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  • Čeština

    převrhnout (se)…

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  • Dansk

    kæntre…

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