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"ref": "1986, \"Weird Al\" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!",
"text": "It's Christmas at ground zero / There's music in the air / The sleigh bells are ringing / And the carolers are singing / While the air raid sirens blare",
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"A siren that makes a very loud alarm sound to warn the population of an upcoming air raid."
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"word": "civil defence siren"
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"word": "tornado siren"
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"word": "luftværnssirene"
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"word": "varslingssirene"
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "luchtalarm"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "õhusireen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ilmahälytyssireeni"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "väestöhälytin"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Luftschutzsirene"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "légvédelmi sziréna"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "syrena przeciwlotnicza"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "sirenă de raid aerian"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "siréna graždánskoj oboróny",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на гражда́нской оборо́ны"
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"lang": "Swedish",
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"neuter"
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"word": "flyglarm"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "hava saldırısı sireni"
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"ref": "1986, \"Weird Al\" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!",
"text": "It's Christmas at ground zero / There's music in the air / The sleigh bells are ringing / And the carolers are singing / While the air raid sirens blare",
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"word": "air-raid siren"
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"code": "da",
"english": "World War II",
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"word": "luftværnssirene"
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"word": "varslingssirene"
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"word": "luchtalarm"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "õhusireen"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ilmahälytyssireeni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "väestöhälytin"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Luftschutzsirene"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "légvédelmi sziréna"
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"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
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"word": "syrena przeciwlotnicza"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "sirenă de raid aerian"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "siréna graždánskoj oboróny",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на гражда́нской оборо́ны"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "flyglarm"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "hava saldırısı sireni"
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"word": "air raid siren"
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