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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "suróvostʹ",
"sense": "degree of something undesirable; badness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "суро́вость"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "degree of something undesirable; badness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seriedad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "degree of something undesirable; badness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "severidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "degree of something undesirable; badness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gravedad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "degree of something undesirable; badness",
"word": "derece"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "degree of something undesirable; badness",
"word": "ciddiyet"
}
],
"word": "severity"
}
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