握りつぶす – Vocabulary details

握にぎりつぶす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to crush (with one's hands)

2. to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration); to pigeonhole; to smother

grip

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ぎりつぶ

す

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

彼かれはその紙かみを握にぎりつぶして丸まるめた。

He crushed the sheet of paper up into a ball.

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