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"text": "→ Danish: tornado"
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"1": "ga",
"2": "tornádó",
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},
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"1": "it",
"2": "tornado",
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"expansion": "→ Italian: tornado",
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"text": "→ Italian: tornado"
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"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: tornado"
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"1": "ru",
"2": "торнадо",
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},
"expansion": "→ Russian: торнадо (tornado)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Russian: торнадо (tornado)"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "tornado",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: tornado",
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}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: tornado"
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "tornado",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: tornado",
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"text": "→ Dutch: tornado"
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"depth": 2,
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"1": "de",
"2": "Tornado",
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},
"expansion": "→ German: Tornado",
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}
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"text": "→ German: Tornado"
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "tornado",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: tornado",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: tornado"
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"2": "ternado"
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"2": "es",
"3": "tronada",
"t": "thunderstorm"
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"2": "tronar",
"t": "to thunder"
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"name": "noncog"
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"args": {
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"2": "tornō",
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},
"expansion": "Latin tornō (“to turn”)",
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"etymology_text": "From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”).",
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"tags": [
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{
"word": "derecho"
},
{
"word": "dust devil"
},
{
"word": "fire whirl"
},
{
"word": "landspout"
},
{
"word": "plow wind"
},
{
"word": "waterspout"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "horse tornado"
},
{
"word": "rope tornado"
},
{
"word": "stovepipe tornado"
},
{
"word": "Tornado Alley"
},
{
"word": "tornado fry"
},
{
"word": "tornado outbreak"
},
{
"word": "tornado potato"
},
{
"word": "tornado shelter"
},
{
"word": "tornado siren"
},
{
"english": "a tornado has been sighted",
"word": "tornado warning"
},
{
"english": "conditions are favorable for producing a tornado",
"word": "tornado watch"
},
{
"word": "wedge tornado"
}
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"ref": "2013 March 4, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2013-05-01, page 114",
"text": "An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground."
],
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{
"word": "whirlwind"
}
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[
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"funnel cloud"
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"(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground."
],
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"word": "twister"
},
{
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "twister"
}
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"meteorology",
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"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "ğʷɛźkʷujij",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "гъуэжькуий"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔiʕṣār",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "إِعْصَار"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pttahoġm",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "պտտահողմ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tornàdo",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "торна̀до"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smerč",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смерч"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lehcanghnamaung:",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "လေဆင်နှာမောင်း"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "unole",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ᎤᏃᎴ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "agaluga",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ᎠᎦᎷᎦ"
},
{
"code": "chy",
"lang": "Cheyenne",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "hevovetāso"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "龍捲風"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǒngjuǎnfēng",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "龙卷风"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "şeytan toyu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tornádo"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hvirvelstorm"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melduródn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "trombi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "pyörremyrsky"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tornade"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "griali",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "გრიალი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tornado"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Windhose"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anemostróvilos",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ανεμοστρόβιλος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sífounas",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σίφουνας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "laîlaps",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λαῖλαψ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bavaṇḍar",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "बवंडर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tornádó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skýstrokkur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvirfilbylur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"roman": "olayoyaq",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornádó"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tromba d'aria"
},
{
"alt": "たつまき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tatsumaki",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "竜巻"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "torunēdo",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "トルネード"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "tuphānu",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ತುಫಾನು"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "birugāḷi",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "suṇṭaragāḷi",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ಸುಂಟರಗಾಳಿ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūiyn",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "құйын"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "khyɑl pyuh",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ខ្យល់ព្យុះ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pokpung",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "폭풍"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "toneido",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "토네이도"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "bablîsok"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "turbō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vertex"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "virpuļviesulis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viesulas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornadas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trombas"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "rambondanitra"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "puting beliung"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cuḻalikkāṟṟŭ",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ്"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "koṭuṅkāṟṟŭ",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "കൊടുങ്കാറ്റ്"
},
{
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "ṭornado",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ტორნადო"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xar salxi",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "хар салхи"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "níyoltsoh"
},
{
"code": "nso",
"lang": "Northern Sotho",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "sedukaduka"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skypumpe"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "virvelstorm"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skypumpe"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvervelstorm"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "virvelstorm"
},
{
"code": "ood",
"lang": "O'odham",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "siwulogi"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "þoden"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "burağan",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "بوراغان"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tulumba",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "طولومبه"
},
{
"code": "pgn",
"lang": "Paelignian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tarunada"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbelstorm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trąba powietrzna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciclone"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "bavaṇḍar",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ਬਵੰਡਰ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tornadă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smerč",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "смерч"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tornádo",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "торна́до"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "cakravātaḥ",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चक्रवातः"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tornado"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "то̀рна̄до"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tòrnādo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tornado"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tulumba",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
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"code": "pgn",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
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"code": "pdt",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "tornado"
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"code": "pa",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ਬਵੰਡਰ"
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "gālivāna",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "gālikasuru",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "pracaṇḍamārutamu",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ప్రచండమారుతము"
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"roman": "tɔɔ-naa-doo",
"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "ทอร์นาโด"
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"code": "bo",
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"code": "ti",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "قۇيۇن"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "tornado"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "violent windstorm",
"word": "lốc xoáy"
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"code": "cy",
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},
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"ref": "2015, James Richardson, Reservations: Poems (page 5)",
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