stoved

Smashed by impact

Stoved is the past tense of stove, meaning to break inward or crush by external force.

A boat's hull gets stoved in when it strikes rocks; a barrel stoved in has collapsed.

The word appears almost exclusively in the phrase stove in or stoved in, describing damage from impact: The collision stoved in the front of the car.

crushed

dented

Having a surface depression

crumpled · buckled · collapsed · damaged · impact · collision · hull · boat · panel · bodywork

scottish

neeps

Turnips, to Scots

braised · simmered · casserole · hotpot · stew · comfort · hearty · traditional · turnips · slow-cooked

nautical

hull

Outer covering or frame

  • boatWatercraft for travel
  • shipSeagoing transport vessel
  • vesselReceptacle for contents

keel · deck · plank · bulkhead · collision · wreck · salvage · sinking · maritime · seafaring

cooking

burned

Damaged by fire

singed · overcooked · blackened · seared · flames · heat · fire · oven · hotplate · grill

breach

rupture

Violent tearing apart

fracture · damage · gash · tear · split · penetration · opening · perforation · break · gap

forcedentry

pry

Lever or snoop

  • jimmySmall prying bar
  • smashBreak violently apart
  • bashForceful striking blow

ram · batter · break · kick · force · shatter · splinter · crush · demolish · wrench

Opposites
structural deformation direction

stovedbulging

Swelling outward visibly

bulged · protruding · bowed out · pushed out · swollen

structural integrity

stovedintact

Not damaged or altered

undamaged · whole · unbroken · sound · solid

Phrases
Family

stove, stoves, stovetop

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G