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"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "liên minh ma quỷ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"word": "liên minh diệt vong"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "echel y fall"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"2002 State of the Union Address",
"George W. Bush",
"axis of evil"
],
"word": "axis of evil"
}
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