Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of たいらげる – see the following entry.
平らげる
[verb] (often said of a large amount of food or drink) to consume completely, to eat up, to finish off
[verb] to subdue, to suppress, to subjugate
[verb] to flatten
Alternative spelling
平げる
(This term, たいらげる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)