叩たたき潰つぶす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

smash; crush by hitting; squash

Physical action of hitting something so hard that it breaks or flattens. Often implies destruction or flattening with force.

• 彼かれはハンマーで箱はこを叩たたき潰つぶした。

  He smashed the box with a hammer.

• 虫むしをスリッパで叩たたき潰つぶす。

  I squash a bug with a slipper.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

defeat soundly; crush (opponent, hopes)

Figurative use: to thoroughly beat an opponent in a competition or argument, or to completely destroy someone's hopes or plans.

• 強きょう豪ごうチームが相あい手てを叩たたき潰つぶした。

  The powerhouse team crushed their opponents.

• 彼かれの一ひと言ことが私わたしの希き望ぼうを叩たたき潰つぶした。

  His single remark crushed my hopes.