See impair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-impair.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-impair.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-impair.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-impair.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪmˈpɛɹ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪmˈpeə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪmˈpeː(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"rare"
],
"word": "empair"
}
],
"word": "impair"
}
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{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: German: (1) beeinträchtigen (de), schädigen (de) (reputation), beschädigen (de), schwächen (de), vermindern (de), verschlechtern (de), schmälern (de)",
"path": [
"impair"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "impair",
"trace": ""
}
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