staved in
Smashed from outside
Staved in describes something that has been broken or crushed inward, typically by force.
The phrase comes from the staves (wooden slats) of a barrel—when staved in, the barrel is smashed and useless.
A boat's hull can be staved in by rocks, a door by battering: The collision staved in the bow.
The phrase suggests violent structural damage.
- impactedInfluenced or wedged in
- struckPast tense of hitting
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- rammedStruck with force
- crushedCompressed into fragments
crumpled up · splintered · buckled · caved in · collided · smashed · dented · knocked in · compressed · blasted · breached · hull breach · holed · fractured · punctured · collapsed · fallen in · ruptured