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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "degeneroida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "dégénérer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "dégrader"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "entarten"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "degenerar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "degenerar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "dejenere etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "yozlaştırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "bozmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to lose good or desirable qualities",
"word": "soysuzlaştırmak"
}
],
"word": "degenerate"
}
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