切り開く

Meaning

1. v5kvt
   to cut open
2. v5kvt
   to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)
3. v5kvt
   to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

Example sentences

• 彼らは密林に道を切り開いた。

  They cut out a path through thick jungle.

• 彼は、その封筒を切り開いた。

  He cut the envelope open.

• 森の中に道を切り開いた。

  We hacked a path through the forest.