つぶす

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つぶす – see the following entry.

【潰す】 [verb] to smash, to crush, to break [verb] to ruin; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to pull down [verb] to ruin; drive into bankruptcy [verb] to slaughter

(This term, つぶす, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)