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"sense": "to cut down",
"word": "niittää"
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"sense": "to cut down",
"word": "niedermähen"
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"sense": "to cut down",
"word": "löövvä"
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"sense": "to kill or slaughter",
"word": "niittää"
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"sense": "to kill or slaughter",
"word": "niittää kuolemaa"
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"sense": "to kill or slaughter",
"word": "niedermähen"
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"sense": "to kill or slaughter",
"word": "ceifar"
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"sense": "to kill or slaughter",
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