Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to knock (someone) down, to floor, to beat up.
  2. to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover), to devastate (emotionally), to crush, to overwhelm, to defeat resoundingly, to give (an opponent) a drubbing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
打ちのめす うちのめす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

strike, hit, knock
う.つ ダ うち (3rd, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)