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"word": "Bickford fuse"
},
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"word": "concussion fuse"
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"word": "fuse box"
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"word": "fuse plug"
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"word": "proximity fuse"
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"word": "resettable fuse"
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"word": "safety fuse"
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"word": "short fuse"
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"word": "time fuse"
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"ref": "1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220",
"text": "The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device."
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"sense": "cord",
"word": "導火線"
},
{
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"roman": "dǎohuǒxiàn",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"masculine"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "cord",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miccia"
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"sense": "cord",
"word": "導火線"
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"word": "도화선"
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{
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"word": "wiki"
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"sense": "cord",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"roman": "fitil",
"sense": "cord",
"word": "فتیل"
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{
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"masculine"
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"sense": "cord",
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"roman": "ogneprovódnyj šnur",
"sense": "cord",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "cord",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fìtīlj"
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{
"_dis1": "81 6 4 4 5",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "cord",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"sense": "cord",
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{
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"sense": "cord",
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{
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chánuan",
"sense": "cord",
"word": "ชนวน"
},
{
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"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "fitil"
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"The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator."
],
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[
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[
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"(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator."
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}
],
"topics": [
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"government",
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"military",
"mining",
"politics",
"war"
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zapálka",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "запа́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espoleta"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "導火線"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "dǎohuǒxiàn",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "导火线"
},
{
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"roman": "xìnguǎn",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "信管"
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"masculine"
],
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"word": "lont"
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{
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "sütik"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "sytytin"
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{
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Zünder"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "θρυαλλίδα"
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{
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"neuter"
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{
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "miccia"
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{
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
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"alt": "どうかせん",
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{
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"word": "фитил"
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"word": "fius"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "wiki"
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"tags": [
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},
{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"tags": [
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "pavio"
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
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"word": "запа́л"
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "детона́тор"
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "upàljāč"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "espoleta"
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "tändrör"
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "tunawin"
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{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "chánuan",
"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "ชนวน"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 48 1 5 13",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "device igniting charge",
"word": "fünye"
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},
{
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{
"text": "When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A tendency to lose one's temper."
],
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],
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"(figurative) A tendency to lose one's temper."
],
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "4 6 79 5 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating tendency to lose temper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "corda"
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{
"_dis1": "4 6 79 5 7",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "indicating tendency to lose temper",
"word": "pinna"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 79 5 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating tendency to lose temper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plomb"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 79 5 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating tendency to lose temper",
"word": "hirtelen harag"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 79 5 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating tendency to lose temper",
"word": "türelmetlenség"
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"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
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"ref": "1891, Dmitri Mendeleev, The Principles of Chemistry (1905) 3rd edition, Vol. 2, p.553, Tr. George Kamensky, of Основы химии (1867)",
"text": "Pure sodium is a lustrous metal... it fuses very easily at a temperature of 97°, and distils at a bright red heat (742°...)"
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"ref": "1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9",
"text": "Actually the New York, New Haven and Hartford, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Bangor & Aroostook and Rutland Railroads already are doing so; if they are fused, they would have a combined route mileage of 5,269 and assets totalling £318 million, [...].",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "fondre"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rónghuà",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "熔化"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hùnhé",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "混合"
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
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"word": "fondre"
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "τήκω"
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"roman": "mizzég",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "מִזֵּג"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "fundir"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "splavljátʹ",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сплавля́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "fundir"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "transitive: to melt together",
"word": "sammansmälta"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "topja se",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
"word": "топя се"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rónghuà",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hùnhé",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
"word": "混合"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
"word": "samensmelten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
"word": "sulautua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
"word": "fusionner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
"word": "verschmelzen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tíkomai",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitmazzég",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
"word": "הִתְמַזֵּג"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "splavljátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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"word": "сплавля́ться"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "slivátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "intransitive: to melt together",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "transitive: to furnish with a fuse",
"word": "裝引信"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuāng xìnguǎn",
"sense": "transitive: to furnish with a fuse",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "transitive: to furnish with a fuse",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive: to furnish with a fuse",
"word": "absichern"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "transitive: to furnish with a fuse",
"word": "säkra"
}
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}
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