押(お)し切(き)る

おしきる
verb (godan)
to overcome (opposition), to push through
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present押(お)し切(き)る押(お)し切(き)らない
Present polite押(お)し切(き)ります押(お)し切(き)りません
Past押(お)し切(き)った押(お)し切(き)らなかった
Past polite押(お)し切(き)りました押(お)し切(き)りませんでした
て form押(お)し切(き)って押(お)し切(き)らなくて
ている present押(お)し切(き)っている押(お)し切(き)っていない
ている polite押(お)し切(き)っています押(お)し切(き)っていません
ている past押(お)し切(き)っていた押(お)し切(き)っていなかった
ている past polite押(お)し切(き)っていました押(お)し切(き)っていませんでした
Conditional ば押(お)し切(き)れば押(お)し切(き)らなければ
Conditional たら押(お)し切(き)ったら押(お)し切(き)らなかったら
Volitional押(お)し切(き)ろう—
Volitional polite押(お)し切(き)りましょう—
Potential押(お)し切(き)れる押(お)し切(き)れない
Passive押(お)し切(き)られる押(お)し切(き)られない
Causative押(お)し切(き)らせる押(お)し切(き)らせない
Imperative押(お)し切(き)れ押(お)し切(き)るな
1. to push through, to override, to persist despite opposition
To accomplish something despite resistance or objections; to force one's way through opposition.
They pushed through with the plan despite opposition.
They got married despite their parents' opposition.
I went abroad alone despite everyone's concerns.
2. to cut by pressing down
To cut something by pressing down with a blade or cutting tool, such as cutting paper with a paper cutter.
裁断機(さいだんき)で紙(かみ)を押(お)し切(き)る。
Cut paper by pressing down with a paper cutter.
Cut vegetables by pressing the knife down from above.
A paper cutter is better than a box cutter for press-cutting thick cardboard.

Transitivity: 他動詞(たどうし) (transitive). The thing overcome takes を, and the verb is nearly always used in the て form before the main clause: 〜を押(お)し切(き)って….

Compound verb: Formed from 押(お)す (to push) + 切(き)る (to cut). The auxiliary 切(き)る adds the nuance of 'completely' or 'all the way through.'

Register: Sense 1 is common in news writing and formal narration about decisions made over objections; it is not an everyday conversational verb. Sense 2 is technical, used about blades and cutting machines.

Common collocations

Related: The compound verb pattern 〜切(き)る often indicates completion or doing something thoroughly.