See shadowban on Wiktionary
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"masculine"
],
"word": "shadow banning"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "an instance of shadowbanning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Shadowban"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "an instance of shadowbanning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schattenbann"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "an instance of shadowbanning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "shadowban"
}
],
"word": "shadowban"
}
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