overturned

verb

past tense of overturn
as in capsized
to turn on one's side or upside down afraid that my kayak would overturn

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Recent Examples of overturned When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The driver of a semitractor-trailer that overturned early Wednesday in Olathe died in the crash, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. — Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Four middle school students were evaluated for minor injuries after a school bus was involved in a crash and overturned Wednesday morning, officials said. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 The Toyota overturned and came to rest in a ditch, the CHP said. — Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 And although American vagrancy laws were deemed unconstitutionally vague and overturned in 1972, police maintained the authority to make arrests based on suspicious types of nonaction. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 That judgment, however, was overturned on a procedural issue. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 Walker’s Harley-Davidson struck the deer near Beaverdam Road, overturned, skidded crossed the center line and ran off the road, Freeman said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026 The decision overturned a lower court’s January 2022 ruling in Abascal’s favor, according to local outlet El Confidencial. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturned
  1. capsized
  2. collapsed
  3. fell
  4. upset
  5. toppled
  6. turned over
Verb
  • The crew of a civilian boat, the Tripiti, rescued four people the day after the boat capsized, the Coast Guard said.
    — David Goodhue October 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Weeks later, Harris and his brother went fishing in Suisun Bay, where their boat capsized, and Harris was reported missing.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of capsized
Verb
  • Messi collapsed to the turf as his teammates, delirious, ran to hug him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Jim Bakker, the pioneering TV evangelist who became a symbol of the glitz and greed of the 1980s when his PTL empire near Charlotte collapsed amid scandals, died Monday.
    — Melissa Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of collapsed
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • Eating the baits won’t harm your pet but consuming several baits might temporarily upset your pet’s stomach.
    — Eva Flowe October 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In Brazil's October 4th presidential election, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished first with 47% of the vote to the incumbent's 45%, and upset the polls.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of upset
Verb
  • Jersey Mike’s recently toppled Chick-fil-A in the 2026 study, although Chick-fil-A’s score was unchanged from a year ago.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The tent is still at capacity, only one cake has toppled over, and the viewing public is still sizing up the show’s newest judge, Nigella Lawson.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppled
Verb
  • However, before it was stopped, it was found that the IRS had already turned over the addresses of 47,000 people to ICE.
    — Ken Sweet, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As part of the Herald’s records request, the county turned over a competing courthouse proposal by another Miami developer, Moishe Mana.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of turned over

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“Overturned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturned. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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