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"alt": "= Reichsarbeitsdienst",
"word": "RAD"
}
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"word": "Reichsarbeitsführer"
}
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"form": "die RAF",
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]
},
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"form": "der RAF",
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"word": "Rote Armee Fraktion"
}
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188,
191
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"ref": "2022 December 18, Kersten Augustin, “Razzien bei der Letzten Generation: Immer noch krasser”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:",
"text": "Vielleicht ist diese avantgardistische Vorstellung, dass eine Gruppe wild Entschlossener nur überzeugt genug vorangehen muss, damit viele folgen, die einzige ernstzunehmende Parallele zur RAF.",
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"ipa": "/ˌɛʁ.aˈɛf/"
},
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"ipa": "/ʁaf/",
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"homophone": "raff (acronym)"
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],
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