stave something in
phrasal verb with stave verb uk/steɪv/ us/steɪv/ staved or stove
mainly UK
使（门等）向内凹陷；撞坏；压坏
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. 几个少年正企图撞坏我们小屋的门。
The front of the ship was stove in where it had hit the rock. 船首撞上礁石，陷进去了一块。