aplastar
/aplasˈtaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to crush, smash, squash
🔨🥞 a-PLAST-ar: squash it flat as plaster
Built from a- + plasta, a soft squashed lump, from the same Greek root as English plaster and plastic. To aplastar something is to press it into a flat plasta. It also works figuratively: aplastar una rebelión, to crush a revolt.