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"To consume [something] rapidly."
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"(transitive) To consume [something] rapidly."
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "háma í sig"
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "tuburcinor"
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"roman": "pogloščatʹ",
"sense": "to consume rapidly",
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
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"text": "The city grew over the years by gobbling up land around its limits."
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"To continually absorb or expand through annexation."
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"(by extension, figurative) To continually absorb or expand through annexation."
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "háma í sig"
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{
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "úða í sig"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "hakka í sig"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "spæna í sig"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "hesthúsa"
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "tuburcinor"
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"tags": [
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "devorar"
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"sense": "to consume rapidly",
"word": "glufsa i sig"
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