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capsize

verb as in overturn

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He said 95 people were jammed on the 12-metre dinghy, with constant fear the boat would capsize.

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Nine people died on Tuesday after a rescue boat carrying flood victims capsized in the Indus River.

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Albanese told us that Israel "has completely capsized the current use of principles of distinction, principle of military necessity, precautions, and proportionality in international law".

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The reportedly overloaded boat, said to have been carrying about 100 passengers including women and children, capsized when it struck a submerged tree stump on the River Niger in the Borgu area on Wednesday morning.

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At least 69 people have died and many more are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, coastguards in the north-west African country have said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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