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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"word": "rampe de lancement"
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"roman": "gamšvebi bakani",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "გამშვები ბაქანი"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "landasan peluncuran"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"roman": "stártovaja platfórma",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"tags": [
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"word": "plataforma de lanzamiento"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "bunsuran"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "แท่นปล่อยจรวด"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "fırlatma rampası"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stártovyj majdánčyk",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"word": "ста́ртовий майда́нчик"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "bệ phóng"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"word": "safle lansio"
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"ref": "2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate",
"text": "Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "發射臺"
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"word": "გამშვები ბაქანი"
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"word": "სასტარტო მოედანი"
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"roman": "gamšvebi ṗlaṭporma",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "გამშვები პლატფორმა"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "sasṭarṭo ṗlaṭporma",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "სასტარტო პლატფორმა"
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"word": "გამშვები მოედანი"
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"word": "სასტარტო ბაქანი"
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"word": "rakétaindító állvány"
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"word": "indítóállvány"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "indítóállás"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "landasan peluncuran"
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"word": "rampa di lancio"
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"alt": "はっしゃだい",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "発射台"
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"roman": "balsadae",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "발사대"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"tags": [
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"word": "wyrzutnia rakietowa"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
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"word": "rampă de lansare"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "ста́ртовая площа́дка"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma de lanzamiento"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "startramp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "startplatta"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "bunsuran"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "แท่นปล่อยจรวด"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "ฐานปล่อยจรวด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "fırlatma rampası"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stártovyj majdánčyk",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ста́ртовий майда́нчик"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"word": "bệ phóng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "safle lansio"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"launch pad"
],
"word": "launch pad"
}
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