รื้อ

Explanation

The core image is that of undoing something already assembled, arranged, or settled. In physical contexts, รื้อ is used for demolishing a house, taking a machine apart, or removing flooring. The focus is often on undoing a structure piece by piece, not merely damaging it. It can also describe pulling stored items out and leaving them disordered, especially while looking for something. By extension, it is used for bringing an old case, plan, or disagreement back into consideration. Combinations such as รื้อถอน, รื้อค้น, and รื้อฟื้น make the intended sense—demolition, thorough searching, or revival—more explicit.

Usage

It is common in construction, renovation, equipment repair, moving, and searching through stored belongings. In news and official contexts, it appears in reports about demolishing buildings, reopening investigations, or fundamentally revising policies and plans. In everyday conversation, it can refer to bringing up an old mistake or dispute again.

Caution

For buildings and equipment, รื้อ implies deliberately taking down or undoing a structure, so it is not normally used for something being accidentally broken. When used with an old personal issue, as in รื้อเรื่องเก่า, it can sound negative and suggest dredging up something that should have been left alone.

1 dismantle synonyms

• ถอด

  thɔ̀ɔt take off

  ถอด means to remove or detach an item, part, or piece of clothing. รื้อ is more appropriate when a larger structure is substantially taken apart.

• ทำลาย

  thamlaay destroy

  ทำลาย broadly means to destroy or ruin, including abstract things such as a reputation. รื้อ focuses on taking an existing structure apart and can also describe work done for repair or renovation.

2 rummage through synonyms

• ค้น

  khón search through

  ค้น is the general verb for searching or examining and is also used for database searches and physical searches. รื้อ more strongly suggests pulling things out and disturbing their arrangement.

3 bring up again synonyms

• ทบทวน

  thópthuan reconsider

  ทบทวน means to review, reconsider, or go over material again. รื้อ suggests reopening an old matter or breaking down an existing plan for a more fundamental reworking.

• หยิบยก

  หยิบยก neutrally means to raise or cite a topic or point. รื้อ emphasizes bringing back something that had already been settled, suspended, or put aside.