What does 崩す (kuzusu | くずす) mean in Japanese?

The Japanese word

酒で彼は身を崩した。
sake de kare wa mi o kuzushi ta.
Drink brought about his downfall.

一万円札、崩してくれますか。
ichi man en satsu, kuzushi te kure masu ka.
Can you break a 10,000 yen bill?

彼はバランスを崩して倒れた。
kare wa baransu o kuzushi te taore ta.
He lost his balance and fell down.

トムはバランスを崩して転んだ。
tomu wa baransu o kuzushi te koron da.
Tom lost his balance and fell down.

過労と心労で彼は体調を崩してしまった。
karō to shinrō de kare wa taichō o kuzushi te shimatta.
Toil and worry caused his health to break down.

お仕事大変そうだけど、体調崩さないようにね。
o shigoto taihen sō da kedo, taichō kuzusa nai yō ni ne.
I know things are crazy at work right now, but don't let it ruin your health.

仕事大変みたいだね。体調崩さないように気をつけるんだよ。
shigoto taihen mitai da ne. taichō kuzusa nai yō ni ki o tsukerun da yo.
Looks like work's been tough. Be sure to take care of yourself.

初めから果敢に前へ出て圧倒し、体勢を崩した相手を押し出した。
hajime kara kakan ni mae e de te attō shi, taisei o kuzushi ta aite o oshidashi ta.
He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent.

５年に及ぶ、つらかったガンの治療期間中、彼は何とか弱音をはかず毅然とした態度を崩さなかった。
go nen ni oyobu, tsurakatta gan no chiryō kikan chū, kare wa nantoka yowane o haka zu kizen to shi ta taido o kuzusa nakatta.
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

中学の時は普段から毎日３時間だか勉強している陸上部の友達がいて、そいつはテスト前もそのペースは崩さなかった。部活ない分かえって暇になるということで、テスト前になると毎日そいつん家でゲームをしてた。あれがなけりゃ俺ももう少し好成績取れたはずだが。
chūgaku no toki wa fudan kara mainichi san jikan da ka benkyō shi te iru rikujō bu no tomodachi ga i te, soitsu wa tesuto mae mo sono pēsu wa kuzusa nakatta. bukatsu nai bun kaette hima ni naru toyū koto de, tesuto mae ni naru to mainichi soitsun ie de gēmu o shi te ta. are ga nakerya ore mo mōsukoshi kō seiseki tore ta hazu da ga.
When I was in middle school, I had a friend in the track club who normally studied 3 hours a day. He didn't speed up the pace before tests. On the contrary, he didn't have any club activities and so had lot of free time, so before the test we would go to his house and play video games every day. If we hadn't done that, I would have gotten better grades too.

	The Japanese word
	崩す
	is pronounced
	kuzusu \| くずす
	means
	to destroy, to pull down, to make change (money)

	Examples:
	酒で彼は身を崩した。 sake de kare wa mi o kuzushi ta. Drink brought about his downfall.
	一万円札、崩してくれますか。 ichi man en satsu, kuzushi te kure masu ka. Can you break a 10,000 yen bill?
	彼はバランスを崩して倒れた。 kare wa baransu o kuzushi te taore ta. He lost his balance and fell down.
	トムはバランスを崩して転んだ。 tomu wa baransu o kuzushi te koron da. Tom lost his balance and fell down.
	過労と心労で彼は体調を崩してしまった。 karō to shinrō de kare wa taichō o kuzushi te shimatta. Toil and worry caused his health to break down.
	お仕事大変そうだけど、体調崩さないようにね。 o shigoto taihen sō da kedo, taichō kuzusa nai yō ni ne. I know things are crazy at work right now, but don't let it ruin your health.
	仕事大変みたいだね。体調崩さないように気をつけるんだよ。 shigoto taihen mitai da ne. taichō kuzusa nai yō ni ki o tsukerun da yo. Looks like work's been tough. Be sure to take care of yourself.
	初めから果敢に前へ出て圧倒し、体勢を崩した相手を押し出した。 hajime kara kakan ni mae e de te attō shi, taisei o kuzushi ta aite o oshidashi ta. He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent.
	５年に及ぶ、つらかったガンの治療期間中、彼は何とか弱音をはかず毅然とした態度を崩さなかった。 go nen ni oyobu, tsurakatta gan no chiryō kikan chū, kare wa nantoka yowane o haka zu kizen to shi ta taido o kuzusa nakatta. Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.
	中学の時は普段から毎日３時間だか勉強している陸上部の友達がいて、そいつはテスト前もそのペースは崩さなかった。部活ない分かえって暇になるということで、テスト前になると毎日そいつん家でゲームをしてた。あれがなけりゃ俺ももう少し好成績取れたはずだが。 chūgaku no toki wa fudan kara mainichi san jikan da ka benkyō shi te iru rikujō bu no tomodachi ga i te, soitsu wa tesuto mae mo sono pēsu wa kuzusa nakatta. bukatsu nai bun kaette hima ni naru toyū koto de, tesuto mae ni naru to mainichi soitsun ie de gēmu o shi te ta. are ga nakerya ore mo mōsukoshi kō seiseki tore ta hazu da ga. When I was in middle school, I had a friend in the track club who normally studied 3 hours a day. He didn't speed up the pace before tests. On the contrary, he didn't have any club activities and so had lot of free time, so before the test we would go to his house and play video games every day. If we hadn't done that, I would have gotten better grades too.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org