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"word": "lughamerboor"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "手提式氣鑽"
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"roman": "shǒutíshì qìzuàn",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "sbíječka"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "trykluftbor"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "pneŭmata martelo"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "pneumopuur"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "katupora"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"word": "marteau-piqueur"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sangrevi čakuči",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "სანგრევი ჩაქუჩი"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"tags": [
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"word": "Presslufthammer"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kompresér",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"neuter"
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"word": "κομπρεσέρ"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "פטיש אוויר"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jaikhaimar",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "जैकहैमर"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "légkalapács"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"tags": [
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"word": "loftbor"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "palu godam"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "martello pneumatico"
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{
"alt": "さくがんき",
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"roman": "sakuganki",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "削岩機"
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"code": "kn",
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"roman": "jākhāmar",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "ಜಾಕ್ಹಾಮರ್"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "otboinogo",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "отбойного"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "moutɔəbokbeetong",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "ម៉ូទ័របុកបេតុង"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "chagamgi",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "착암기"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "pneimatiskais āmurs"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "pneumatinis gręžimo plaktukas"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "gerudi tukul"
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "khaḍak i.nā bhoke pāḍaṇyāce hatyār",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "खडक इ.ना भोके पाडण्याचे हत्यार"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "nuraax alx",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "нураах алх"
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"code": "no",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "مته دستی مخصوص سوراخ کردن سنگ"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"word": "młot pneumatyczny"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"word": "britadeira"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otbójnyj molotók",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"word": "отбо́йный молото́к"
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"code": "sk",
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"word": "zbíjačka"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
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"word": "martillo neumático"
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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "jākhāmmar",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "ஜாக்ஹாம்மர்"
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "jākhāmar",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "జాక్హామర్"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "kompresör"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "soluvchi"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "portable percussive drill device",
"word": "cái búa khoan"
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"code": "yi",
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"roman": "dzhakhamer",
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"word": "דזשאַקהאַמער"
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"ref": "1988, Scott C. Davis, chapter 3, in The World of Patience Gromes: Making and Unmaking a Black Community, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, page 49",
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"ref": "2009, Kage Baker, chapter 27, in The Empress of Mars, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, page 258",
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"ref": "2003, Beverly Barton, chapter 16, in Grace under Fire, New York: Silhouette, pages 218–219",
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"ref": "2010, Dennis Lehane, chapter 7, in Moonlight Mile, New York: William Morrow, page 69",
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "jackhammer"
}
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