1383920 jmdict A [id=2276718]
切り開く；切り拓く；切りひらく；きり拓く[sK]；切開く[sK]；切り墾く[sK]
きりひらく
[1][v5k,vt]
  to cut open
[2][v5k,vt]
  to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)
[3][v5k,vt]
  to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)