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TOPIK 6verb

파기하다

pagihada

파기해요 · 파기했어요 · 파기할 거예요 · 파기하세요

to break (a contract); to destroy (documents); to overturn (a ruling)

Example

그 회사는 일방적으로 계약을 파기했어요.

The company unilaterally broke the contract.

Word parts

파 break기 discard

Literally 'break and throw away'.

Good to know

In court news, 원심 파기 means 'reversal of the lower court's ruling'.