caved

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  1. noun A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface.
  2. noun A storage cellar, especially for wine.
  3. transitive verb To dig or hollow out.

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  • The nose caved--caved back full a two hundred feet, as if the water were a solid wall. —  050 - The Terror In The Navy
  • His mouth was like a caved-in hole above the goatee. —  Persuader by Lee Child
  • The plank split, caved, and he grasped the edges and wrenched it out; then, although the adjacent hoards were nearly three quarters of an inch thick, he tore them aside as if they had been shingles The crash of wood, the scream of nails drawing, echoed through the old structure. —  023 - The Mystic Mullah
  • The board caved, they issued a special class of stock, Hank Paulson bought the special class of stock (2\% of the company's stock). —  On the BorderLine
  • It's not surprising that MySpace of Facebook caved -- why should they fight someone else's legal battle -- but it highlights the problems of when companies like the major record labels are allowed to go after third parties. —  Techdirt
 

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