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"roman": "mušak-i ballistiki",
"sense": "missile",
"word": "мушаки баллистикӣ"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "mušak-i patobiši",
"sense": "missile",
"word": "мушаки патобишӣ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "kǐi-bpà-naa-wút",
"sense": "missile",
"word": "ขีปนาวุธ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "missile",
"word": "balistik füze"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"lang_code": "tk",
"sense": "missile",
"word": "ballistik raketa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "balistýčna rakéta",
"sense": "missile",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "балісти́чна раке́та"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "bailisṭik mīzāil",
"sense": "missile",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بَیلِسْٹِک مِیزائِل"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "missile",
"word": "ballistik raketa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "missile",
"word": "tên lửa đạn đạo"
}
],
"word": "ballistic missile"
}
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