打ち壊す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash (to pieces); to knock down
2. v5svt
   to ruin (e.g. a plan); to wreck; to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.); to overthrow (a system); to dismantle

Example sentences

• 彼らは箱をこなごなに打ち壊した。

  They knocked the box to pieces.