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capsizable

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cap⋅size

  [kap-sahyz, kap-sahyz]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object) -sized, -siz⋅ing.
to turn bottom up; overturn: The boat capsized. They capsized the boat.
Origin:
1780–90; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
cap⋅siz⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
See upset.

Antonyms:
right.
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Word Origin & History

capsize 
1788, a nautical word of obscure origin, perhaps (as Skeat suggests) from Sp. capuzar "to sink by the head," from cabo "head."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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