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"el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ilektrízo", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "ηλεκτρίζω" }, { "_dis1": "32 37 31", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "khishmél l'mávet", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "חישמל למוות" }, { "_dis1": "32 37 31", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "fulminare" }, { "_dis1": "32 37 31", "code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "elektrocutéieren" }, { "_dis1": "32 37 31", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "eletrocutar" }, { "_dis1": "32 37 31", "code": "ru", "english": "to execute in electric chair", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "kaznítʹ na elektríčeskom stúle", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "tags": [ "imperfective", "perfective" ], "word": "казни́ть на электри́ческом сту́ле" }, { "_dis1": "32 37 31", "code": "ru", "english": "to kill with the electric current, accidentally or deliberately", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ubítʹ tókom", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "уби́ть то́ком" }, { "_dis1": "32 37 31", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "electrocutar" } ], "word": "electrocute" }
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electric shock", "word": "électrocuter" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "electrocutar" }, { "code": "de", "english": "to execute in electric chair", "lang": "German", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hinrichten" }, { "code": "de", "english": "to kill by electric shock", "lang": "German", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "durch Stromschlag töten" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ilektrízo", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "ηλεκτρίζω" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "khishmél l'mávet", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "חישמל למוות" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "fulminare" }, { "code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "elektrocutéieren" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "eletrocutar" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "to execute in electric chair", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "kaznítʹ na elektríčeskom stúle", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "tags": [ "imperfective", "perfective" ], "word": "казни́ть на электри́ческом сту́ле" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "to kill with the electric current, accidentally or deliberately", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ubítʹ tókom", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "уби́ть то́ком" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock", "word": "electrocutar" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally", "word": "電擊" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "diànjī", "sense": "to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally", "word": "电击" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally", "word": "antaa sähköisku" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bitʹ tókom", "sense": "to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "бить то́ком" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "udáritʹ tókom", "sense": "to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "уда́рить то́ком" } ], "word": "electrocute" }
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