See bazooka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "→ Korean: 바주카 (bajuka)"
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"2": "базука",
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"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/uːkə",
"Rhymes:English/uːkə/3 syllables",
"en:Brass instruments",
"en:Recreational drugs"
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}
],
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"Crack cocaine."
],
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"Crack cocaine",
"crack cocaine"
]
],
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"(slang) Crack cocaine."
],
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"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"UK"
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"Bazooka (disambiguation)",
"Bob Burns (humorist)"
],
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}
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