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"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "بند کرنا"
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"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "tắt nguồn"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "estupar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyłączyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "encerrar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "desligar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "stinge"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "închide"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyključitʹ",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "выключить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostanovitʹ",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "остановить"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "istuda"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "istudare"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "studai"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "isključiti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "vypnúť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "izklopiti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "ugasniti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "izključiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "بند کرنا"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to turn off or stop",
"word": "tắt nguồn"
}
],
"word": "shut down"
}
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