break somebody's power

"There must be a way for you to break his power."

"Can you not make war upon him, and break his power?"

I want to break the power of sin in your life.

I thought nothing in the realm could break his power.

"We want to break the power of the local commanders," he said recently.

Pakistan's failure to break the power of the big families has held back the country's development.

He would break the military power of the great aristocracy.

But he cannot alter the Ring itself, nor break its power over others.

This finally broke the power of the once mighty family.

"Even if you came back with us, no one could stand against her and break her power."