- きりくずす
- [切り崩す] level off [out][他] (人・機械が)(土地など)を平らにする*split|他|(敵の陣営など)を分裂させる.切り崩す
to level (earth)
to break (strike)
to cut through (a mountain)
to split (the opposition)* * *きりくずす【切り崩す】level off [out][他] (人・機械が)(土地など)を平らにする*split|他|(敵の陣営など)を分裂させる.* * *きりくずす【切り崩す】1 〔山・丘などを〕 cut through 《a mountain》; (平らにする) level 《a hill》.●山を切り崩して道路を作る construct a road by cutting away (part of) a hill.
2 〔敵対勢力などを〕 undermine; break 《a strike》.●反対党を切り崩す split the opposition party; undermine the solidarity of the opposition
・組織の結束を切り崩す undermine organizational unity.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.