粉砕(ふんさい)

ふんさい
noun / verb-suru
pulverization, crushing, smashing
1. pulverization, crushing, grinding to pieces
Physically breaking something into very small pieces or powder.
岩(いわ)を粉砕(ふんさい)する。
Pulverize rock.
粉砕(ふんさい)機(き)で原料(げんりょう)を細(こま)かくした。
I ground up the raw materials with a crusher.
転(ころ)んで膝(ひざ)の骨(ほね)を粉砕(ふんさい)骨折(こっせつ)した。
I fell and suffered a comminuted fracture of my knee.
2. crushing, smashing, destroying completely
Figuratively, completely defeating or destroying something such as plans, ambitions, opposition, or arguments.
陰謀(いんぼう)を粉砕(ふんさい)する。
Crush the conspiracy.
相手(あいて)の野望(やぼう)を粉砕(ふんさい)した。
I crushed the opponent's ambitions.
反対(はんたい)派(は)の主張(しゅちょう)を証拠(しょうこ)で粉砕(ふんさい)した。
I demolished the opposition's claims with evidence.

USAGE:
The physical sense is used in industrial and medical contexts. The figurative sense is strong and dramatic — it implies total destruction, not just defeat. Common in political rhetoric and dramatic writing.

WORD FORMATION:
粉(ふん) (powder) + 砕(さい) (crush, break) — to crush to powder.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 粉砕(ふんさい)機(き): crusher, grinding machine
  • 粉砕(ふんさい)骨折(こっせつ): comminuted fracture
  • 陰謀(いんぼう)を粉砕(ふんさい)する: crush a conspiracy
  • 野望(やぼう)を粉砕(ふんさい)する: crush ambitions
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