切(き)り開(ひら)くto cut open, to clear (land), to cut (a path, road, etc.), to open, to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle), to carve out (a new career, future, etc.), to open up (a new field)

う-verb (く), Transitive verb

1. 1.

   to cut open

2. 2.

   to clear (land), to cut (a path, road, etc.), to open, to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)

3. 3.

   to carve out (a new career, future, etc.), to open up (a new field)