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"sense": "harmful",
"word": "nociv"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "dăunător"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrédnyj",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "вре́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vredonósnyj",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "вредоно́сный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "sgriosail"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "deletéreo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "menlig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "olumsuz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "zararlı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "škidlývyj",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "шкідли́вий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zhúbnyj",
"sense": "harmful",
"word": "згу́бний"
}
],
"word": "deleterious"
}
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