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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to stop a process",
"word": "leig seachad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop a process",
"word": "descontinuar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop a process",
"word": "descatalogar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop a process",
"word": "retirar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stop a process",
"word": "ara vermek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to stop a process",
"word": "khai tử"
}
],
"word": "discontinue"
}
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