pulverization, pulverisation, reducing to pieces, crushing, smashing, demolishing
破砕【はさい】
crushing (into pieces), smashing, cracking, breaking up
腰砕け【こしくだけ】
collapsing in the middle of a bout, breaking down (while in the middle of something), faltering halfway
砕石【さいせき】
crushed stone, macadam, crushing (rock)
砕く【くだく】
to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound, to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate, to simplify, to make easy to understand
砕ける【くだける】
to break (into pieces), to be broken, to be smashed, to collapse, to crumble, to decline, to cool (e.g. enthusiasm), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight), to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable, to become easy to understand (e.g. a story), to be worried
