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"roman": "obstrelvam",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "обстрелвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "disparar"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "槍斃"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiāngbì",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "枪毙"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "skyde"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "neerschieten"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "ampua"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "skyte"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "skyte"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "skjote"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "zastrzelić"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "balear"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "zastrelítʹ",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
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"word": "застрели́ть"
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{
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"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "disparar"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "balear"
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"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "skjuta"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "kill by firearm",
"word": "bắn"
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"word": "gun down"
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