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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "absorbént",
"sense": "one who, or that which, absorbs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "абсорбе́нт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poglotítelʹ",
"sense": "one who, or that which, absorbs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поглоти́тель"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "absorber of neutrons",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neutronenvanger"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "absorber of neutrons",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "absorbator"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"absorber"
],
"word": "absorber"
}
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