打うち壊こわし

noun

destruction; demolition; smashing apart

General noun for the act of breaking or tearing something down, often with force. Can be used literally or figuratively.

See also: ぶち壊し

• 古ふるいビルの打うち壊こわしが始はじまった。

  The demolition of the old building has begun.

• 彼かれの計けい画かくは完かん全ぜんな打うち壊こわしだ。

  His plan is a complete wreck.

noun

uchikowashi riots; Edo-period destructive urban riots

Historical term referring to riots in the Edo period where commoners destroyed the property of wealthy merchants to protest high rice prices.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、米べい価かの高こう騰とうに抗こう議ぎして打うちこわしが頻ひん発ぱつした。

  During the Edo period, uchikowashi riots frequently broke out in protest of soaring rice prices.