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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ground-zero"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "zero gune"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "爆心投影點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàoxīn tóuyǐngdiǎn",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "爆心投影点"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "原爆點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "of an atomic bomb",
"roman": "yuánbàodiǎn",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "原爆点"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "maalde nul"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "nultero"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "plahvatuse epitsenter"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "nollapiste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "point zéro"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bodennullpunkt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "גראונד זירו"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "epicentrum"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "terra zero"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "guraundozero",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "グラウンドゼロ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakushinchi",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "爆心地"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakushin-chiten",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "爆心地点"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rakka chiten",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "落下地点"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geuraundeu jero",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "그라운드 제로"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "solum nihil"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "terra nihil"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "strefa zero"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "ponto de impacto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "epicéntr vzryva",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "эпице́нтр взрыва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ну̏лтӣ та̏чка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "површинска ну̏ла"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "nȕltī tȁčka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "povrsinska nȕla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "punto cero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "tierra cero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zona cero"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "point on the land or water surface below, at, or above the detonation of a nuclear bomb",
"word": "yer sıfır noktası"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"United States Strategic Bombing Survey"
],
"word": "ground zero"
}
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