การกวาดล้าง(gaan gwàat láang)

Meanings

1NounC1

crackdown; purge

an organized operation to suppress, remove, or eliminate people, groups, or activities deemed undesirable (often by authorities)

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerประกาศbprà-gàatประกาศbprà-gàat1[to] announce; declare2announcement; notice3proclamation; decree4[to] proclaim; promulgate (form.)แผนpăenแผนpăen1plan; strategy2scheme; plotการกวาดล้างgaan gwàat láangการกวาดล้างgaan gwàat láang1crackdown; purge2eradication; sweeping removalยาเสพติดyaa sàyp dtìtยาเสพติดyaa sàyp dtìtillegal/controlled drugs; narcoticsครั้งใหญ่kráng yàiครั้งใหญ่kráng yài1major; large-scale (used with ครั้ง)2big time; severelyในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชุมชนchum-chonชุมชนchum-chon1community2community (online/interest-based)
The police announced a major drug crackdown plan in the community.
2NounC1

eradication; sweeping removal

the thorough removal of something unwanted, such as crime, drugs, corruption, or hostile elements; often carried out as an official or military clean‑up

Examples

ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerประกาศbprà-gàatประกาศbprà-gàat1[to] announce; declare2announcement; notice3proclamation; decree4[to] proclaim; promulgate (form.)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesการกวาดล้างgaan gwàat láangการกวาดล้างgaan gwàat láang1crackdown; purge2eradication; sweeping removalยาเสพติดyaa sàyp dtìtยาเสพติดyaa sàyp dtìtillegal/controlled drugs; narcoticsในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชุมชนchum-chonชุมชนchum-chon1community2community (online/interest-based)อย่างจริงจังyàang jing jangอย่างจริงจังyàang jing jangseriously; earnestly
The police announced a serious clean-up of drugs in the community.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterPart 1
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กวาดล้างgwàat láangกวาดล้างgwàat láang[to] sweep away; crack down on; eradicatePart 2
การกวาดล้างgaan gwàat láangการกวาดล้างgaan gwàat láangcrackdown; purge