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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "genadeloos"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "armoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "säälimätön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "impitoyable"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "gnadenlos"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "sadis"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "éadrócaireach"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "spietato"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "crudele"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "دینسز"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "mì-chneasta"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "despiadado"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "skoningslös"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "obarmhärtig"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "walang awa"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "acımasız"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"roman": "nemylosérdnyj",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "немилосе́рдний"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "despietat"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "殘忍"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "cánrěn",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "残忍"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "無情"
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"roman": "wúqíng",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "无情"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "nådesløs"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "armoton"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "säälimätön"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "impitoyable"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "gnadenlos"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "alýpitos",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "αλύπητος"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "ἀνελεήμων"
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"word": "ἄσπλαγχνος"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "निर्दय"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "निष्ठुर"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "könyörtelen"
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "sadis"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "éadrócaireach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "neamhthrócaireach"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "spietato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "crudele"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mujihi",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "無慈悲"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "yōsha nai",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "容赦ない"
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"roman": "mujabihada",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "무자비하다"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "immisericors"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "nådeløs"
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "nådelaus"
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"roman": "dinsiz",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "دینسز"
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"tags": [
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "bezpardonowy"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "bezwzględny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "impiedoso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "imisericordioso"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoščádnyj",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "беспоща́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezžálostnyj",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "безжа́лостный"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "mì-chneasta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "despiadado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "inmisericorde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "skoningslös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "obarmhärtig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "walang awa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "acımasız"
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{
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"roman": "bezžalisnyj",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "безжалісний"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "безжальний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezpoščadnyj",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "безпощадний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nemylosérdnyj",
"sense": "showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless",
"word": "немилосе́рдний"
}
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"word": "merciless"
}
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