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"sense": "to pervert the mind",
"word": "korrumpieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to pervert the mind",
"word": "zerrütten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to pervert the mind",
"word": "corrompere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to pervert the mind",
"word": "subverter"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "razvraščátʹ",
"sense": "to pervert the mind",
"word": "развраща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "razrušátʹ",
"sense": "to pervert the mind",
"word": "разруша́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to pervert the mind",
"word": "subvertir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "podrivam",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "подривам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "subvertir"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "ondergraven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "mullistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "kumota"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "untergraben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "unterlaufen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "aláaknáz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "felforgat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "felbomlaszt"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "suaith"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "subvertō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "subverter"
},
{
"alt": "осно́вы",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "podryvátʹ",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "подрыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to upturn convention by undermining it",
"word": "subvertir"
}
],
"word": "subvert"
}
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"glosses": [
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"subvertising"
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"enpr": "sŭbʹvûrt",
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"General-American"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsʌbvɚt/",
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"General-American"
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"word": "subvertisement"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "advertisement created by subvertising",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "protestreclame"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "advertisement created by subvertising",
"word": "vastamainos"
}
],
"word": "subvert"
}
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