取り崩す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
2. v5svt
   to draw on (one's savings, etc.) little by little; to break into (a reserve fund, etc.); to eat into

Example sentences

• クリントン陣営は、両州でオバマが取った白人票を取り崩そうと必死になった。

  The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.

• 日本の消費者は、外国品の輸入に対する様々な規制を取り崩そうとするアメリカ政府の努力を注意深く見守っている。

  Japanese consumers are watching closely the U.S. government's efforts to make Japan dismantle various restrictions on imports of foreign goods into the country.