握りつぶす

にぎりつぶす

to crush (with one's hands)

Meanings

also 握り潰す

  1. godan verb, transitive to crush (with one's hands)
  2. to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration); to pigeonhole; to smother

Its kanji

In sentences

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. #112808