Usage of the character 潰

used in 潰膿／溃脓 (huinòng)
Taiwan pr. (kuì)

kuì

溃

[潰]

(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike
(bound form) to break through (a military encirclement)
(bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces
(bound form) to fester; to ulcerate

huìnóng

溃脓

[潰膿]

(of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate

kuìjué

溃决

[潰決]

(of a dike or dam) to burst

kuìbài

溃败

[潰敗]

to be utterly defeated; to be routed

kuìdí

溃敌

[潰敵]

to rout the enemy

jīkuì

击溃

[擊潰]

to defeat; to smash; to rout

kuìtáo

溃逃

[潰逃]

to flee in disorder

kuìbà

溃坝

[潰壩]

(of a dam) to be breached; to burst

kuìsàn

溃散

[潰散]

(of troops) to be routed and dispersed

kuìlàn

溃烂

[潰爛]

to fester; to ulcerate

kuìyáng

溃疡

[潰瘍]

ulcer
to ulcerate

kuìbīng

溃兵

[潰兵]

routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops

bēngkuì

崩溃

[崩潰]

to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart

kuìjūn

溃军

[潰軍]

routed troops

yīchùjíkuì

一触即溃

[一觸即潰]

to collapse on the first encounter
to give way at once

kuìbùchéngjūn

溃不成军

[潰不成軍]

(of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed

jīngshénbēngkuì

精神崩溃

[精神崩潰]

nervous breakdown

qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué

千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

[千里之堤，潰於蟻穴]

lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence