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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
"word": "tahripkâr"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rujnivnyj",
"sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
"word": "руйнівний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "destruktyvnyj",
"sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
"word": "деструктивний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
"word": "phá hoại"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
"word": "huỷ diệt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "causing breakdown",
"word": "hajottava"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katalytikós",
"sense": "causing breakdown",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καταλυτικός"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "causing breakdown",
"word": "destruktiv"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lossy",
"word": "peruuttamaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lossy",
"word": "destruktiivinen"
}
],
"word": "destructive"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "destructive",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French 3-syllable words",
"French adjective forms",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French non-lemma forms",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "destructif"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine singular of destructif"
],
"links": [
[
"destructif",
"destructif#French"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɛs.tʁyk.tiv/"
}
],
"word": "destructive"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "dēstrūctīve",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "adjective form",
"head": "dēstrūctīve"
},
"expansion": "dēstrūctīve",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin adjective forms",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "dēstrūctīvus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"vocative masculine singular of dēstrūctīvus"
],
"links": [
[
"dēstrūctīvus",
"destructivus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"word": "destructive"
}
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