stave sth in
mainly UK— phrasal verb with stave uk/steɪv/us/steɪv/verb staved or stove
to push or hit something such as a door or other surface so that it breaks and falls towards the inside:
A couple of teenagers were trying to stave in our shed door.
The front of the ship was stove in where it had hit the rock.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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