潰

Meaning

潰 centers on forceful destruction that breaks something apart: crushing, smashing, or breaking into pieces. The dissipate sense extends this to things scattering or vanishing after being broken.

• 潰すつぶす
  N3

  to smash; to crush; to flatten

• 潰れつぶれ

  collapse; ruin; destruction

• 潰れるつぶれる
  N3

  to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse

• 潰瘍かいよう

  ulcer

• 潰えるついえる

  to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to break down

• 胃潰瘍いかいよう

  stomach ulcer; gastric ulcer

• 目潰しめつぶし

  sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them

• 穀潰しごくつぶし

  good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

• 虱潰ししらみつぶし

  very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring

• 顔を潰すかおをつぶす

  to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish

• すり潰すすりつぶす

  to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to pulverise; to deface

• ぶっ潰すぶっつぶす

  to smash (violently); to crush

• ストレス潰瘍ストレスかいよう

  stress ulcer

• ネタ潰しネタつぶし

  publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas)

• プチプチ潰しプチプチつぶし

  popping bubble wrap (for fun, stress relief, etc.)

• 十二指腸潰瘍じゅうにしちょうかいよう

  duodenal ulcer

• 半潰れはんつぶれ

  half demolished

• 取り潰しとりつぶし

  dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief

• 取り潰すとりつぶす

  to dissolve (an organization, company, etc.); to break up; to close down; to scrap (a plan, etc.)

• 叩き潰すたたきつぶす

  to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash

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