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"ref": "2020 August 4, Jason Schreier, “Blizzard Employees Share Salaries With Each Other to Protest Wage Disparities”, in Time:",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminoj"
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"sense": "completely destroy",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminar"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "xiāomiè",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "消滅 /消灭"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "消除"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "根除"
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminovat"
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"sense": "completely destroy",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminoida"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "éliminer"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "zerstören"
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"sense": "completely destroy",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
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"sense": "completely destroy",
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"word": "eliminar"
},
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{
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminare"
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{
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "除去する"
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"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminar"
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"sense": "kill",
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{
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"roman": "chúdiào",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "除掉"
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"roman": "shā",
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"sense": "kill",
"word": "eliminoida"
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"sense": "kill",
"word": "tuer"
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"word": "umbringen"
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"word": "eliminieren"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skotóno",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "σκοτώνω"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "eliminare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "massatsu-suru",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "抹殺する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koro-su",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "殺す"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "satsugai-suru",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "殺害する"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "jegeohada",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "제거하다"
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"code": "es",
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{
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"sense": "kill",
"word": "temizlemek"
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "kill",
"word": "знищити"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "páichū",
"sense": "excrete",
"word": "排出"
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{
"code": "fi",
"english": "urine",
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"sense": "excrete",
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"code": "fi",
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