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{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax",
"English verbs",
"en:Violence"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "more cut down",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most cut down",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cut down (comparative more cut down, superlative most cut down)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "cut up"
},
{
"word": "shoot down"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Having been cut down; reduced in strength or power."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-cut down.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/En-au-cut_down.ogg/En-au-cut_down.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/En-au-cut_down.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "cut down"
}
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