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摧毀 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
摧毀 ＝ 摧 ＋ 毀
ㄘㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄟˇ · cuīhuǐ
verb — to destroy, to demolish, to smash (utterly)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

摧to crush, to break (摧折)cuī
毀to ruin, to wreck (毀壞)huǐa mortar 臼 and a hand pounding with a tool 殳 — pound until it breaks
摧毀，摧折的摧，毀壞的毀。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一手按下去把東西壓斷（摧），再放進臼裡舂到碎（毀）。
One hand bears down and snaps the thing (摧), then drops it in the mortar (臼) and pounds it to bits (毀) — broken, then ground to nothing.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
摧殘cuīcánto ravage cruelly — the same 摧, wearing down rather than smashing whole毀滅huǐmièto wipe out — the same 毀, destruction taken to extinction