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潰す

つぶす

to crush, to smash

Mnemonic

Whatever is under it goes flat rather than into pieces. Bottles, before they go in the bin, and two buses つぶす would do it faster: つぶす.

Worth knowing

壊す こわす breaks a thing so that it stops working. 潰す flattens it, and 潰れる つぶれる is it collapsing on its own.

Built from

crush, collapse
氵 water on the left with whatever is under it going flat. Crushed rather than broken in two.

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