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"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "ausgraben"
},
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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ufgraban",
"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽"
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"roman": "anorússō",
"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "ἀνορύσσω"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "disseppellire"
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{
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"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "dissotterrare"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "effodiō"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "houhou"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "huke"
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{
"code": "qu",
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"sense": "to excavate",
"word": "allay"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to excavate",
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to discover by digging",
"word": "kaivaa esiin"
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{
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
"word": "dénicher"
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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"sense": "to discover by digging",
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