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],
"word": "екоцид"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bum-koši",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"word": "بومکُشی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ekobójstwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ecocídio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekocíd",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "экоци́д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "е̏коцӣд"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȅkocīd"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ecocidio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "miljömord"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ekocid"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"word": "çevre tahribatı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ekocýd",
"sense": "destruction of an ecosystem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "екоци́д"
}
],
"word": "ecocide"
}
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