See flamethrower in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bacač plamena"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plameňomet"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plamenomet"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wognjochytak"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "wohnjomjet"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "wohnjomjetak"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "płomjenjomjetadło"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lanzallamas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eldkastare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eldspruta"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "otašandoz",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "оташандоз"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "taḻal vīci",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "தழல் வீசி"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "alev makinesi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vohnemét",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вогнеме́т"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "oʻtsochar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device that projects a flame",
"word": "súng phun lửa"
}
],
"word": "flamethrower"
}
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