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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 (tsubusu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)