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"text": "The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "torpiliram",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "торпилирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "torpedinar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "torpedere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "torpedoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "torpiller"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "torpilízo",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "τορπιλίζω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "silurare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "raigeki suru",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "雷撃する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "tōpīto"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "torpedować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "torpedírovatʹ",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "торпеди́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "torpedear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes",
"word": "torpedera"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack",
"word": "torpedere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack",
"word": "torpedoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack",
"word": "torpiller"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "torpilízo",
"sense": "to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack",
"word": "τορπιλίζω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack",
"word": "silurare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack",
"word": "torpedear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack",
"word": "torpedera"
}
],
"word": "torpedo"
}
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