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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "ǰah",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ջահ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "antorcha"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "məşəl"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "lastargi"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "zuzi"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paxódnja",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пахо́дня"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "fákjel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фа́кел"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mośal",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "মশাল"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "fákel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фа́кел"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "fákla",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фа́кла"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mi:tuing",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "မီးတိုင်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mi:im",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "မီးအိမ်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mi:tut",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "မီးတုတ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teia"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torxa"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "sulo"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fo² baa²",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "火把"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fo² geoi⁶",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "火炬"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "hóe-kū / hé-kū",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "火炬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xīnhuǒ",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "薪火"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huǒjù",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "火炬"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pochodeň"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fakkel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "toorts"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fakkel"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "tkꜣw",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "t:kA-A-w-Q7"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "torĉo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "tõrvik"
},
{
"code": "ett",
"lang": "Etruscan",
"roman": "face",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "𐌚𐌀𐌂𐌄 class inanimate"
},
{
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "cina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "soihtu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flambeau"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "facha"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čiraɣdani",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ჩირაღდანი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mašxala",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "მაშხალა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fackel"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "skeima",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "hais",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "davlós",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "δαυλός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pyrsós",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πυρσός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lampás",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λαμπάς"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "panós",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πανός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "helénē",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἑλένη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "avuká",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אֲבוּקָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maśāl",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "मशाल"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭŏrc",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टॉर्च"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "fáklya"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kyndill"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "torcho"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "obor"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "torcha"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tóirse"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trilseán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lóchrann"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "breo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fiaccola"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torcia"
},
{
"alt": "たいまつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taimatsu",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "松明"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōchi",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "トーチ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "alau",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "алау"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "fakel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "факел"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɑɑcɑnloh",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ចន្លុះ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwaetbul",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "횃불"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çolleçira",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "چۆڵەچِرا"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "şapillîte",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "شاپِڵیتە"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "meşxell",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "مەشخەڵ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "meşale"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "fakel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "факел"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şamana",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "шамана"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thūan",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ທວນ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thūan fai",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ທວນໄຟ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ka bǭng",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ກະບອງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fax"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taeda"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "facula"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lāpa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deglas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fakel"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "fakel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "факел"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "fakla",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "факла"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "jamung"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "obor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "kāpara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ngāpara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "tōroherohe"
},
{
"code": "min",
"lang": "Minangkabau",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "suluah"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bambar",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бамбар"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bambar",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠪᠠᠮᠪᠠᠷ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fakkel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fakkel"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "světyčĭ",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свѣтꙑчь"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blase"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "speld"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "maš'al",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مشعل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "maš'al",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "مَشْعَل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "rowšanak",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "روشنک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hamūx",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "هموخ"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fachel"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fiastock"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pochodnia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "żagiew"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "łuczywo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tocha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torță"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "făclie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fachie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fákel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фа́кел"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svétoč",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "све́точ"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lòchran"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toirds"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба̏кља"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "бу̀ктиња"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bȁklja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bùktinja"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fakľa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bakla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "antorcha"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "mwenge"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bloss"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fackla"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "sulô"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mašʾal",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "машъал"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mašʾala",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "машъала"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "siroj",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "сироҷ"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asfeḍ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "faqel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "факел"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kóp",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "คบ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtâai",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ไต้"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "meşale"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "fakel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smoloskýp",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смолоски́п"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "fákel",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "фа́кел"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "maś'al",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَشْعَل"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭārc",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ٹارْچ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "mesh'el",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "مەشئەل"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "mashʼal"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "mashʼala"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "fakel"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "đuốc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"word": "ngọn đuốc"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ffagl"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tors"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pentewyn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shturkats",
"sense": "stick with flame at one end",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שטורקאַץ"
}
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"torch"
],
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}
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{
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "burn"
},
{
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "firebomb"
},
{
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "ignite"
},
{
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "inflame"
},
{
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "set ablaze"
}
],
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "odlamaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "od vurmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "yandırmaq"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "incendiar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "podpálit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "polttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "sytyttää tuleen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "incendier"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "incendiar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "anzünden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pyrpoló",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "πυρπολώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "felgyújt"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "polttaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "incendiare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "incendiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "incendiar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "tända eld på"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "set fire to",
"word": "sätta eld på"
}
],
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"torch"
],
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}
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