stave in
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Verb edit
stave in (third-person singular simple present staves in, present participle staving in, simple past staved in or stove in, past participle staved in or stoven in)
- To stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.
- "We'll get an axe and stave in all these barrels and the liquid will all run out", threatened the man.