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"roman": "sǎrcerazdiratelen",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "сърцераздирателен"
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "ഹൃദയഭേദകമായ"
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "de partir o coração"
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
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"word": "đau lòng"
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "сърцераздирателен"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "déchirant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "navrant"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "herzzerreißend"
},
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"roman": "thumalgḗs",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"tags": [
"Epic"
],
"word": "θυμαλγής"
},
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "hr̥dayabhēdakamāya",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "ഹൃദയഭേദകമായ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "tarariki"
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{
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "de partir o coração"
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"roman": "dušerazdirájuščij",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "душераздира́ющий"
},
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "srceparajući"
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "srcerazdirući"
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "desgarrador"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "desolador"
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "devastador"
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"roman": "rozpáčlyvyj",
"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
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"sense": "That causes great grief, anguish or distress",
"word": "đau lòng"
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"word": "heartbreaking"
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