stave in

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stave in

verb staves in · staving in · staved in · stove 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.

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@misc{stave_in_2026,
  title = {stave in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stave%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}