ปะทุ
erupt
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- 1 erupt、burst out、flare up
- 2 burst out (emotion)、break out (conflict, violence, etc.)
This word describes built-up pressure, emotion, or tension suddenly and forcefully breaking out. It is used for volcanic eruptions as well as outbreaks of anger, violence, or conflict.
erupt、burst out、flare up
Describes a volcano or pressurized material such as lava or flames suddenly bursting outward.
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ภูเขาไฟปะทุ phuu khǎw fay pathú The volcano erupts. ภูเขาไฟปะทุ details
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ลาวาปะทุออกมาจากปล่องภูเขาไฟ laawaa pathú ɔ̀ɔk maa càak plɔ̀ɔŋ phuu khǎw fay Lava erupted from the volcanic crater. ลาวาปะทุออกมาจากปล่องภูเขาไฟ details
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เปลวไฟปะทุขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็ว pleew fay pathú khʉ̂n yàaŋ rûat rew The flames suddenly flared up. เปลวไฟปะทุขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็ว details
burst out (emotion)、break out (conflict, violence, etc.)
Describes suppressed emotion or social tension suddenly breaking into open and intense expression.
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ความโกรธปะทุขึ้น khwaam kròot pathú khʉ̂n Anger erupted. ความโกรธปะทุขึ้น details
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ความรุนแรงปะทุขึ้นอีกครั้ง khwaam runrɛɛŋ pathú khʉ̂n iìk khráŋ Violence broke out again. ความรุนแรงปะทุขึ้นอีกครั้ง details
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ความขัดแย้งปะทุขึ้นอย่างรุนแรง khwaam khàt yɛ́ɛŋ pathú khʉ̂n yàaŋ run rɛɛŋ The conflict erupted violently. ความขัดแย้งปะทุขึ้นอย่างรุนแรง details
Learning notes
Explanation
The central image of ปะทุ is built-up force reaching a limit and suddenly bursting outward. Its most typical physical use is ภูเขาไฟปะทุ, “a volcano erupts.” It can also describe lava, heat, or flames forcefully emerging or flaring up. By extension, it is used when suppressed emotion, conflict, or violence suddenly becomes open and intense, as in ความโกรธปะทุขึ้น, “anger erupts,” and ความรุนแรงปะทุขึ้น, “violence breaks out.” ปะทุขึ้น emphasizes the sudden onset or rise of the event, while ปะทุออกมา makes the outward movement explicit.
Usage
It is used for volcanic activity, erupting lava, and rapidly flaring fires. It also commonly appears in news reports and written descriptions of anger, conflict, fighting, or violence suddenly breaking out.
Caution
For a neutral statement that something happened, เกิดขึ้น is usually more appropriate. ปะทุ implies sudden intensity and often suggests that pressure, emotion, or tension had already been building. For a bomb or object literally exploding, ระเบิด is generally the more direct word.
Differences from similar words
1 erupt synonyms
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พุ่งออกมา broadly describes something shooting or rushing outward in a particular direction. ปะทุ more strongly suggests a release of built-up internal pressure.
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ระเบิด directly refers to something exploding or being detonated. ปะทุ focuses more on something bursting or erupting outward under built-up internal pressure.
2 burst out (emotion) synonyms
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เกิดขึ้น is a neutral, general expression meaning that something happens or occurs. ปะทุ adds the sense that built-up tension or emotion has suddenly and forcefully broken out.