ลาญ(laan)

Meanings

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[to] destroy completely; obliterate

to destroy completely; to shatter or obliterate; to lay waste (often literary or formal).

Examples

สงครามsŏng-kraamสงครามsŏng-kraamwarได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedทำลายtam laaiทำลายtam laai1[to] destroy; ruin2[to] spoil; undermine3[to] annihilate; eradicate (figurative/literary)4[to] invalidate; nullifyเมืองmeuuangเมืองmeuuang1country; state (literary/archaic)2region; realm (historical)3city; town; urban areaที่สวยงามtêe sŭuai ngaamที่สวยงามtêe sŭuai ngaambeautiful place; scenic spotจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofพังพินาศpang pí-nâatพังพินาศpang pí-nâat1[to] be ruined; collapse; be destroyed2ruined; devastated; in ruinsแหลกลาญlàek laanแหลกลาญlàek laan1[to] be shattered; be smashed to bits2shattered; ruined
The war completely destroyed the beautiful city, leaving it in ruins.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ทำลายtam laaiทำลายtam laai1[to] destroy; ruin2[to] spoil; undermine3[to] annihilate; eradicate (figurative/literary)4[to] invalidate; nullify
  • [to] destroy; ruin
  • [to] spoil; undermine
  • [to] annihilate; eradicate (figurative/literary)
  • [to] invalidate; nullify
ล้างผลาญláang plăanล้างผลาญláang plăan1[to] destroy; [to] devastate2[to] squander [sth]
  • [to] destroy; [to] devastate
  • [to] squander [sth]
ทำลายล้างtam-laai láangทำลายล้างtam-laai láang1[to] destroy [sth] completely; wipe out2destructive; devastating
  • [to] destroy [sth] completely; wipe out
  • destructive; devastating
ผลาญplăanผลาญplăan1[to] squander; waste; fritter away2[to] consume; use up; deplete (destructively)3[to] ravage; lay waste (literary/figurative)
  • [to] squander; waste; fritter away
  • [to] consume; use up; deplete (destructively)
  • [to] ravage; lay waste (literary/figurative)