壊す
こわす · kowasu · JLPT N4 · verb-godan
to break
🔨 kowasu: a COW-A-SUmo wrestler breaks whatever it sits on
Sound-alike: ko-wa-su ≈ cow-a-su(mo). The kanji 壊 means collapse or ruin, with 土 (earth) on the left, as in an earthen wall crumbling. 壊す is the transitive partner of 壊れる (to be broken): you break it with す.