潰す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to smash; to crush; to flatten
2. v5svt
   to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
3. v5svt
   to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
4. v5svt
   to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
5. v5svt
   to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time)
6. v5svt
   to waste (e.g. talents)

Example sentences

• 時間を潰そうとしていた。

  I was trying to kill time.

• 殺してやる！ぶっ殺して、踏み潰してやる！くそったれ！死ね！

  I'll kill you! Knock your block off and grind you underfoot! You shithead! Die!

• だが、レーガン政権と最高裁判所に潰される前でさえ、ＯＳＨＡは茶番であった。

  Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.