1. to cleave, break, pierce, destroy, in combination -khandhaṃ padāleti to destroy the great mass of…, e.g. tamo˚ Iti.8 (padālayuṃ); Thig.28 (ger. padāliya = moha˚ padālitvā Thag-a.34); lobha SN.v.88; avijjā˚ AN.i.285.
2. to break, break down tear down, burst open Ja.i.73 (pabbata-kūṭāni); Ja.iv.173 (matthakaṃ p˚etvā uṭṭhita-singā); Ja.v.68 (silāya matthakaṃ); Mil.332 (diṭṭhi-jālaṃ); DN-a.i.37 (Sineruṃ) See also sam˚
   pp padālita (q.v.).

Caus. of pa + dal