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"contradict",
"contradict"
],
[
"proof",
"proof"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈfɝm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)m"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infirm.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-infirm.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-infirm.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-infirm.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-infirm.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "disconfirm"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "protivoreča",
"sense": "contradict",
"word": "противореча"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "contradict",
"word": "vyvrátit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contradict",
"word": "infirmer"
}
],
"word": "infirm"
}
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