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"word": "flatten out"
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"ref": "1989 April 15, Michael Ambrosino, “Acting Up In The Northwest”, in Gay Community News, page 16",
"text": "Attempting to block the police van's path, protesters periodically surrounded the vehicle and eventually flattened one of its tires.",
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"word": "lutistaa"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "appiattire"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "takapapa"
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"word": "whakatūpā"
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"word": "tāmoe"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "papatau"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "tāpapa"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "spłaszczyć"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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{
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "równać"
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "achatar"
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{
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "espalmar"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "nivela"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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"english": "by rolling",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raskátyvatʹ",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раска́тывать"
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"word": "раската́ть"
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"roman": "razgláživatʹ",
"sense": "to make something flat",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "разгла́живать"
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"roman": "razgláditʹ",
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],
"word": "разгла́дить"
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"english": "unintentionally or maliciously",
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"roman": "pljúščitʹ",
"sense": "to make something flat",
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"word": "плю́щить"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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"word": "planěrowaś"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "aplanar"
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "achatar"
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "platta till"
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"ref": "1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus",
"text": "With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hob-house Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.",
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"text": "The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.",
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"roman": "prosvam",
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"word": "aandrukken"
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"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
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"word": "tyrmätä"
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"_dis1": "1 1 73 1 20 0 0 3 1",
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"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "plattmachen"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 73 1 20 0 0 3 1",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "atterrare"
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{
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "położyć"
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"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "derrubar"
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"(intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau."
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "zploštit se"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "zplacatit se"
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "splácnout se"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "tasoittua"
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"sense": "to become flat",
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "lapul"
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"word": "odalapul"
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"word": "lelapul"
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"word": "kilapul"
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"word": "kinyúlik"
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"sense": "to become flat",
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"note": "of a tyre",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "leereszt"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "appiattirsi"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "spłaszczyć się"
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "wyrównać się"
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"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "aplanarse"
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[
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"To knock down or lay low."
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"(intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau."
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"To be knocked down or laid low."
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"(intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low."
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"To lower by a semitone."
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"(music) To lower by a semitone."
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{
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"stale",
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"code": "ar",
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"word": "изравнявам"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "изглаждам"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make something flat",
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "jævne"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "pletten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "litistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "tasoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "aplatir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "achandar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "achanzar"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "achairar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "plätten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "flachmachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "planieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "lapít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "kilapít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "lelapít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "nyújt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "kinyújt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "szétnyújt"
},
{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "lutistaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "appiattire"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "takapapa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "whakatūpā"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "tāmoe"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "papatau"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
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"word": "tāpapa"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "spłaszczyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "wyrównać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "równać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "achatar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "espalmar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "nivela"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "netezi"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "aplatiza"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "by rolling",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razgláživatʹ",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pljúščitʹ",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "плю́щить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspljúščivatʹ",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расплю́щивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "planěrowaś"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "aplanar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "achatar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make something flat",
"word": "platta till"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "against floor or ground",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to press one's body tightly against a surface",
"word": "mennä matalaksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "against wall etc.",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to press one's body tightly against a surface",
"word": "mennä litteäksi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prosvam",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "просвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "uzemnit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "srazit k zemi"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "rozdrtit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "aandrukken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "lyödä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "lyödä maahan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "tyrmätä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "plattmachen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "atterrare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "położyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "kłaść"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "zwalić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "zwalać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"word": "derrubar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razmázatʹ",
"sense": "to knock down or lay low",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разма́зать"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "zploštit se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "zplacatit se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "splácnout se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "tasoittua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "tasaantua"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "lapul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "odalapul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "lelapul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "kilapul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "kinyúlik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "szétnyúlik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "of a tyre",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "leereszt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "appiattirsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "spłaszczyć się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "wyrównać się"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "aplanarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become flat",
"word": "achatarse"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make vapid or insipid; to render stale",
"word": "väljähdyttää"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōgō suru",
"sense": "computer graphics: to combine into a single image",
"word": "統合する"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flatten"
],
"word": "flatten"
}
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