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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to sell off",
"word": "elárusít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to sell off",
"word": "elad"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sell off",
"word": "disinvestire"
}
],
"word": "divest"
}
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