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pākaru

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to break through, break forth, break into pieces, split open, smash into, breach.

Ka pania ki te rongoā i tētahi wāhi ka mahu, muri iho ka pākaru mai i tētahi wahi o te tinana (TWM 26/12/1870:1). / The ointment was applied on one place and it healed, but later it broke out on another part of the body.
I pākarua whakareretia te kaipuke ki te kōhatu huna, ā ngaro tonu iho atu te tima me te nuinga o ngā tāngata eke (THM 1/7/1890:1). / The ship suddenly smashed into a hidden rock and the ship perished along with the majority of the passengers.

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