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"word": "aliran piroklastik"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"word": "awan panas"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"word": "wedus gembel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flusso piroclastico"
},
{
"alt": "かさいりゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kasairyū",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"word": "火砕流"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"word": "wedhus gembel"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "efluxus pyroclasticus"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"word": "piroklastinis srautas"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"word": "pyroklastisk strøm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lawina piroklastyczna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fluxo piroclástico"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "piroklastíčeskij potók",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пирокласти́ческий пото́к"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pyroklastický prúd"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flujo piroclástico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pyroclastic flow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pyroklastiskt flöde"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pyroclastic flow"
],
"word": "pyroclastic flow"
}
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