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"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "having reckless abandon",
"word": "terdesak"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having reckless abandon",
"word": "nanakia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having reckless abandon",
"word": "desesperado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezrassúdnyj",
"sense": "having reckless abandon",
"word": "безрассу́дный"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidčajdúšnyj",
"sense": "having reckless abandon",
"word": "відчайду́шний"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extremely intense",
"word": "epätoivoinen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidčajdúšnyj",
"sense": "extremely intense",
"word": "відчайду́шний"
}
],
"word": "desperate"
}
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