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"roman": "črezmérnyj",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "чрезме́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezmérnyj",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "безме́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepomérnyj",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "непоме́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "extreme",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "črezvyčájnyj",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "чрезвыча́йный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "exorbitante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "omåttlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "orimlig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "exceeding proper limits",
"word": "fahiş"
}
],
"word": "exorbitant"
}
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