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"ref": "2021 August 10, Laura Edelson, Damon McCoy, “We Research Misinformation on Facebook. It Just Disabled Our Accounts.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"(transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force."
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"word": "clouer le bec"
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"(transitive, radio technology) To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength."
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"word": "faire floc floc"
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"ref": "1998, Colin Larkin, The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, page 91",
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"sense": "to halt, stop, eliminate",
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"sense": "to halt, stop, eliminate",
"word": "unterdrücken"
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"sense": "to halt, stop, eliminate",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make a sucking, splashing noise",
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to make a sucking, splashing noise",
"word": "cuppog"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šljapane",
"sense": "A squelching sound",
"word": "шляпане"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "A squelching sound",
"word": "pakora"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "A squelching sound",
"word": "pākorakora"
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"sense": "A squelching sound",
"word": "klafs"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "suppression of unwanted hiss",
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"code": "de",
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