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"text": "Fear of their cargo bred a savage cruelty into the crew. One captain, to strike terror into the rest, killed a slave and dividing heart, liver and entrails into 300 pieces made each of the slaves eat one, threatening those who refused with the same torture. Such incidents were not rare.",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "у́жас"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "trāsa",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "त्रास"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "bhaya",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "भय"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maoim"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̏жа̄с"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȕžās"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hrôza"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "groza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "dahšat",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "даҳшат"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "vahšat",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "ваҳшат"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "empelñe"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "īwate"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "dehşet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žax",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жах"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dahśat",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دَہْشَت"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "vahśat",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَحْشَت"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sahm",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَہْم"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "dahshat"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "qoʻrquv"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "vahshat"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "extreme fear",
"word": "sự khiếp"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "instance of being intensely terrified",
"word": "kauhu"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"word": "ترويع"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"word": "kauhu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"word": "terrori"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"word": "rettenet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"word": "borzalom"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bhīkarata",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"word": "ഭീകരത"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "action or quality of causing dread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sarsapʿ",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "սարսափ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "詭異的事物"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "诡异的事物"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒngbù",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "恐怖"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verschrikking"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "kauhu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "terreur"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Terror"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "trómos",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τρόμος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fóvitro",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φόβητρο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "deinón",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "δεινόν"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "rém"
},
{
"alt": "きょうふ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyōfu",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "恐怖"
},
{
"alt": "恐怖",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gongpo",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "공포"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bhīkaraṁ",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "ഭീകരം"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"word": "ferdnesse"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "úžas",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "у́жас"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something causing fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔirhāb",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "إِرْهَاب"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "terákt",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тэра́кт"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "terór",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тэро́р"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "terarýzm",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тэрары́зм"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "terór",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "теро́р"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "terorízǎm",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "терори́зъм"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "terrorism",
"word": "terreur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terrorisme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terrorismo"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "téror",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טֶרוֹר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "terrorism",
"word": "terror"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bhīkarata",
"sense": "terrorism",
"word": "ഭീകരത"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terákt",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тера́кт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terrór",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "терро́р"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terrorízm",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "террори́зм"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "terákt",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тера́кт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "terór",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "теро́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "terorýzm",
"sense": "terrorism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "терори́зм"
}
],
"word": "terror"
}
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