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"Having a strong desire for power."
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"(idiomatic) Having a strong desire for power."
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "mocichtivý"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machtsgeil"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machtshongerig"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "vallanhimoinen"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "avide de pouvoir"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "assoiffé de pouvoir"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "qui a la soif du pouvoir"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machthungrig"
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machtgierig"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "hataloméhes"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "spragniony władzy"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "żądny władzy"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlastoljubivyj",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "властолюбивый"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "maktlysten"
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"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
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"ref": "2023 August 23, Ben Jones, “A Fast Charge to DMUs' demise?”, in RAIL, number 990, page 33",
"text": "Could we eventually see Class 800/802 trains exchanging their diesel engines for Fast Charge battery technology and 'opportunity charging', at each station stop on their long journey west? We're a long way from that being a possibility for heavy, power-hungry inter-city trains, but the Greenford line trial will provide GWR with the experience and data it needs to start the process of making diesel history.",
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"(electronics) Of a device, using or requiring a large amount of electrical power."
],
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"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "energieverslindend"
},
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"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "paljon sähköä kuluttava"
},
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"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "énergivore"
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{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "energivoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "energochłonny"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "strömkrävande"
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"_dis1": "12 88",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "elslukande"
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"word": "power-hungry"
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"(idiomatic) Having a strong desire for power."
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"ref": "2023 August 23, Ben Jones, “A Fast Charge to DMUs' demise?”, in RAIL, number 990, page 33",
"text": "Could we eventually see Class 800/802 trains exchanging their diesel engines for Fast Charge battery technology and 'opportunity charging', at each station stop on their long journey west? We're a long way from that being a possibility for heavy, power-hungry inter-city trains, but the Greenford line trial will provide GWR with the experience and data it needs to start the process of making diesel history.",
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"(electronics) Of a device, using or requiring a large amount of electrical power."
],
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"physics"
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"translations": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "mocichtivý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machtsgeil"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machtshongerig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "vallanhimoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "avide de pouvoir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "assoiffé de pouvoir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "qui a la soif du pouvoir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machthungrig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "machtgierig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "hataloméhes"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "spragniony władzy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "żądny władzy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlastoljubivyj",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "властолюбивый"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "maktlysten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a strong desire for power",
"word": "maktgalen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "energieverslindend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "paljon sähköä kuluttava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "énergivore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "energivoro"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "energochłonny"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "strömkrävande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "using or requiring a lot of electrical power",
"word": "elslukande"
}
],
"word": "power-hungry"
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