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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "plotone d'esecuzione"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "銃殺隊"
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"roman": "baɲ krom cumrəəh ciet",
"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"roman": "strelački vod",
"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "стрелачки вод"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "eksekusjonspelotong"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "pelotón de fusilamiento"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "idam mangası"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"note": "for executing",
"roman": "gndakaharoġneri xumb",
"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "գնդակահարողների խումբ"
},
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "行刑隊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xíngxíngduì",
"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "行刑队"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "eksekutionspeleton"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "ათეული"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "銃殺隊"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "eksekusjonspelotong"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "eksekusjonspelotong"
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "جوخه آتش"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "pluton egzekucyjny"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"tags": [
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"word": "pelotão de fuzilamento"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "pluton de execuție"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "расстре́льная кома́нда"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "pelotón de fusilamiento"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
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"word": "exekutionspluton"
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "arkebuseringspluton"
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"sense": "a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially",
"word": "idam mangası"
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"word": "firing squad"
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