dint /dint/

1. A hollow made by a blow
2. Force (as in by dint of)
3. A blow or stroke (archaic)

To make a dint in

• firming
• firmless
• firmly
• firmness
• firmnesses
• firms
• firm up
• firmware
• firmwares
• firn
• firns
• firrier
• firriest
• firring
• firry
• firs
• first
• first aid
• first-aider
• first-aiders
• first and last
• first-attack
• first-begotten
• first blood
• first blush