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Stave in   /steɪv ɪn/   Listen
Stave in

verb
1.
Break in the staves (of).
2.
Burst or force (a hole) into something.  Synonym: stave.






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"Stave in" Quotes from Famous Books



... special point I here seek can be established upon testimony entirely independent of my own. That point is this: The Sperm Whale is in some cases sufficiently powerful, knowing, and judiciously malicious, as with direct aforethought to stave in, utterly destroy, and sink a large ship; and what is more, the ...
— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville



Words linked to "Stave in" :   break open, split, break in, burst



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