ความพินาศ

kwaam pí-nâat

Meanings

1NounC1

ruin; destruction; devastation

the state of being ruined or destroyed; great loss or damage

Examples

เหตุการณ์hèt gaanเหตุการณ์hèt gaan1event; incident; occurrence2situation; state of affairs3classifier: ครั้ง / เหตุการณ์น้ำท่วมnáam tûuamน้ำท่วมnáam tûuam1flood; flooding2[to] flood; [to] be flooded3to be overwhelmed (fig.)ครั้งใหญ่kráng yàiครั้งใหญ่kráng yài1major; large-scale (used with ครั้ง)2big time; severelyได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)นำมาซึ่งnam maa sêungนำมาซึ่งnam maa sêung[to] bring about; lead to; entailความพินาศkwaam pí-nâatความพินาศkwaam pí-nâat1ruin; destruction; devastation2downfall; collapse3disaster; catastropheของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsหมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asหมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated community
The great flood brought about the destruction of the entire village.
2NounC1

downfall; collapse

a situation leading to the failure or ruin of a person, organization, or plan

Examples

การติดgaan dtìtการติดgaan dtìt1adhesion/attachment2addiction/dependenceพนันpá-nanพนันpá-nan1[to] bet; gamble; wager [on sth]2bet; wager; gamble (stake)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsคือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectหนทางhŏn taangหนทางhŏn taang1way; route; path (literal)2means; method; way (figurative)สู่sòoสู่sòo1to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)2[to] enter; go toward (literary)ความพินาศkwaam pí-nâatความพินาศkwaam pí-nâat1ruin; destruction; devastation2downfall; collapse3disaster; catastropheของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (one’s life; way of living)2lifetime; lifespan3life (state of being alive)
His gambling addiction was the path to the ruin of his life.
3NounC1

disaster; catastrophe

a very serious event that causes great damage, loss, or suffering

Examples

เหตุการณ์hèt gaanเหตุการณ์hèt gaan1event; incident; occurrence2situation; state of affairs3classifier: ครั้ง / เหตุการณ์สึนามิsèu-naa-míสึนามิsèu-naa-mítsunamiครั้งkrángครั้งkráng1classifier for occurrences or times2time; occasion; instance3turn (one’s turn to do something)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)สร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developความพินาศkwaam pí-nâatความพินาศkwaam pí-nâat1ruin; destruction; devastation2downfall; collapse3disaster; catastropheให้กับhâi gàpให้กับhâi gàpto; for (recipient/beneficiary)หลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)จังหวัดjang-wàtจังหวัดjang-wàt1provincial; upcountry (attrib., often before nouns)2provinceทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathภาคใต้pâak dtâiภาคใต้pâak dtâiSouthern Thailand; the south (of a country/area)
That tsunami event brought great disaster to many southern provinces.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2fact; matter; affair (formal)Part 1
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พินาศpí-nâatพินาศpí-nâat1ruin; destruction; devastation2[to] be ruined; be destroyed; be devastated3ruined; destroyed; devastatedPart 2
ความพินาศkwaam pí-nâatความพินาศkwaam pí-nâatruin; destruction; devastation