to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to crush
to simplify; to make easy to understand
岩を打ち砕いて道を開いた。
We smashed the rocks and cleared a path.
チームの希望を打ち砕いている判定だった。
It was a call that crushed the team's hopes.
偏見を打ち砕く強さを持ちたい。
I want to have the strength to shatter prejudice.