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{
"sense": "verbal attack",
"word": "criticize"
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{
"sense": "verbal attack",
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"sense": "verbal attack",
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"sense": "verbal attack",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poricatʹ",
"sense": "To make a verbal attack",
"word": "порицать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make a verbal attack",
"word": "fulminar"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To issue as a denunciation",
"word": "kaste bannstråle imot"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To issue as a denunciation",
"word": "fulminar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To strike with lightning",
"word": "foudroyer"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To strike with lightning",
"word": "fulminar"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To strike with lightning",
"word": "fulminar"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To cause to explode",
"word": "la eksplodere"
}
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}
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"ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 193",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "fulminat",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фулминат"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
"word": "fulminaatti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
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"masculine"
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"word": "fulminate"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
"word": "fulminát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
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},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
"word": "durranóhigany"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Any salt or ester of fulminic acid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "fulminato"
}
],
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"fulminate"
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