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"word": "解碼"
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"sense": "to decode or decrypt a code or cipher",
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"rhymes": "-aɪfə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "decypher"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:decipherment"
],
"word": "decipher"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": razbiratʹ (tekst) vs. текст",
"path": [
"decipher"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "decipher",
"trace": ""
}
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