潰つぶれる
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Meanings
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse
2. to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to collapse
3. to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to collapse (e.g. of a project); to fall through; to blow up
4. to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.); to cease functioning
5. to be taken up (of one's time); to be lost; to be wasted
6. to be missed (of a chance); to be lost
7. to be lost (of face, composure, etc.); to broken down (e.g. of one's courage); to be broken (of one's heart)
8. to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.); to wear away; to become dull
9. to get dead drunk
Other spellings
つぶれる
Kanji used
Pitch accent
つぶれる
Examples6
The house collapsed under the weight of snow.
My plan to study abroad went by the board when my father died.
In all probability, the cabinet will fall.
Their plans blew up when the war broke out.
His house is a tumbledown affair.
He used all his strength to crawl out of the wrecked car.