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Adjective [English]

IPA: /vɔːˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/, /vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/ Audio: en-us-voracious.ogg , en-au-voracious.ogg Forms: more voracious [comparative], most voracious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Latin vorāx, from vorō (“I devour”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷerh₃-}}, {{uder|en|la|vorāx}} Latin vorāx Head templates: {{en-adj}} voracious (comparative more voracious, superlative most voracious)
  1. (of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. Translations (devouring great quantities of food): βρωτικός (brōtikós) (Ancient Greek), قِرْشَبّ (qiršabb) (Arabic), أَكُول (ʔakūl) (Arabic), ненаситен (nenasiten) (Bulgarian), 貪吃 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪吃 (tānchī) (Chinese Mandarin), 狼吞虎嚥的 (Chinese Mandarin), 狼吞虎咽的 (lángtūnhǔyàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), žravý (Czech), hltavý (Czech), umættelig (Danish), vraatzuchtig (Dutch), manĝegi (Esperanto), vori (Esperanto), ablas (Estonian), ahne (Estonian), ahne (Finnish), ahnas (Finnish), vorace (French), voraz (Galician), ღორმუცელა (ɣormucela) (Georgian), გაუმაძღარი (gaumaʒɣari) (Georgian), ხარბი (xarbi) (Georgian), gefräßig (German), unersättlich (German), gierig (German), αδηφάγος (adifágos) (Greek), αχόρταγος (achórtagos) (Greek), falánk (Hungarian), telhetetlen (Hungarian), voracious (Indonesian), cíocrach (Irish), alpach (Irish), airceach (Irish), gionach (Irish), 貪欲な (don'yoku na) (alt: どんよくな) (Japanese), 大食の (taishoku no) (alt: たいしょくの) (Japanese), vorāx (Latin), lurcinābundus (Latin), glupsk (Norwegian), اوبور (obur) (Ottoman Turkish), قورساقسز (kursaksız) (Ottoman Turkish), پرخور (por-xor) (Persian), żarłoczny (Polish), zachłanny (Polish), voraz (Portuguese), прожо́рливый (prožórlivyj) (Russian), ненасы́тный (nenasýtnyj) (Russian), жа́дный (žádnyj) (alt: до еды) (Russian), भोजन (bhojana) (Sanskrit), gionach (Scottish Gaelic), craosach (Scottish Gaelic), прождр̀љив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), proždr̀ljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), voraz (Spanish), insaciable (Spanish), glupsk (Swedish), omättlig (Swedish), ненаже́рливий (nenažérlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Having a great appetite for anything; eager. Synonyms (having a great appetite for anything): eager Translations (having a great appetite for anything): βρωτικός (brōtikós) (Ancient Greek), лаком (lakom) (Bulgarian), 貪心 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪心 (tānxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 貪婪 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪婪 (tānlán) (Chinese Mandarin), nenasytný (Czech), neukojitelný (Czech), dychtivý (Czech), umanerlig (Danish), ablas (Estonian), ahne (Estonian), innokas (Finnish), ahkera (Finnish), vorace (French), voraz (Galician), ღორმუცელა (ɣormucela) (Georgian), გაუმაძღარი (gaumaʒɣari) (Georgian), ხარბი (xarbi) (Georgian), unersättlich (German), gierig (German), αδηφάγος (adifágos) (Greek), μανιώδης (maniódis) (Greek), telhetetlen (Hungarian), cíocrach (Irish), 貪欲な (don'yoku na) (alt: どんよくな) (Japanese), vorax (Latin), پرولع (por-vala') (Persian), zachłanny (Polish), voraz (Portuguese), ненасы́тный (nenasýtnyj) (Russian), жа́дный (žádnyj) (alt: до еды) (Russian), gionach (Scottish Gaelic), по̏хле̄пан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), алав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍhlēpan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), alav [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), voraz (Spanish), insaciable (Spanish), omättlig (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: greedy, hungry Derived forms: unvoracious, voraciously, voraciousness Related terms: devouring, voracity, greed, glutton
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          "ref": "1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "I never had so much as […] one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from voracious creatures as cruel savages.",
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          "ref": "1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 45, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "The old man was up, betimes, next morning, and waited impatiently for the appearance of his new associate, who after a delay that seemed interminable, at length presented himself, and commenced a voracious assault on the breakfast.",
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          "ref": "1917, Jack London, “The Human Drift”, in The Human Drift, New York: Macmillan, page 3:",
          "text": "Retreating before stronger breeds, hungry and voracious, the Eskimo has drifted to the inhospitable polar regions, the Pygmy to the fever-rotten jungles of Africa.",
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          "word": "貪吃"
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devour",
          "devour"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person or their appetite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "a voracious reader",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Walter Lippmann, chapter 7, in Public Opinion:",
          "text": "If he carried chiefly his appetite, a zeal for tiled bathrooms, a conviction that the Pullman car is the acme of human comfort, and a belief that it is proper to tip waiters, taxicab drivers, and barbers, but under no circumstances station agents and ushers, then his Odyssey will be replete with good meals and bad meals, bathing adventures, compartment-train escapades, and voracious demands for money.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 August 29, Nathan Thornburgh, “The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies”, in Time:",
          "text": "Methodical and voracious, these hackers wanted all the files they could find.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having a great appetite for anything; eager."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appetite",
          "appetite"
        ],
        [
          "eager",
          "eager"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/vɔːˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃəs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "veracious"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "eager"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "cormorant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "edacious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "esurient"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "gluttonous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "gutfoundered"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "hungry as a hog"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "insatiable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "lupine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "pantagruelian"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "rapacious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "ravening"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "ravenous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:voracious",
      "word": "voracious"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qiršabb",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "قِرْشَبّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔakūl",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "أَكُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenasiten",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ненаситен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "貪吃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tānchī",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "贪吃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "狼吞虎嚥的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lángtūnhǔyàn de",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "狼吞虎咽的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "žravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "hltavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "umættelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "vraatzuchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "manĝegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "vori"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ablas"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ahnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "vorace"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ɣormucela",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ღორმუცელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaumaʒɣari",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "გაუმაძღარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xarbi",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ხარბი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "gefräßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "unersättlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "gierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adifágos",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "αδηφάγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "achórtagos",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "αχόρταγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "brōtikós",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "βρωτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "falánk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "telhetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "voracious"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "cíocrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "alpach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "airceach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "gionach"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どんよくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "don'yoku na",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "貪欲な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たいしょくの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taishoku no",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "大食の"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "vorāx"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "lurcinābundus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "glupsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "obur",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "اوبور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kursaksız",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "قورساقسز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "por-xor",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "پرخور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "żarłoczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "zachłanny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prožórlivyj",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "прожо́рливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenasýtnyj",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ненасы́тный"
    },
    {
      "alt": "до еды",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žádnyj",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "жа́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bhojana",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "भोजन"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "gionach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "craosach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прождр̀љив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "proždr̀ljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "insaciable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "glupsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "omättlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nenažérlyvyj",
      "sense": "devouring great quantities of food",
      "word": "ненаже́рливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lakom",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "лаком"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "貪心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tānxīn",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "贪心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "貪婪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tānlán",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "贪婪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "nenasytný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "neukojitelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "dychtivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "umanerlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "ablas"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "ahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "innokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "ahkera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "vorace"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ɣormucela",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "ღორმუცელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaumaʒɣari",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "გაუმაძღარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xarbi",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "ხარბი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "unersättlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "gierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adifágos",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "αδηφάγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "maniódis",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "μανιώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "brōtikós",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "βρωτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "telhetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "cíocrach"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どんよくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "don'yoku na",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "貪欲な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "vorax"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "por-vala'",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "پرولع"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "zachłanny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenasýtnyj",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "ненасы́тный"
    },
    {
      "alt": "до еды",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žádnyj",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "жа́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "gionach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "по̏хле̄пан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "алав"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pȍhlēpan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "alav"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "insaciable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a great appetite for anything",
      "word": "omättlig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "voracious"
}

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