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"_dis1": "0 100 0",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "bewirken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "freisetzen"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "poi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "scatenare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "dimitto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "emitto"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "lepas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "desencadear"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vypuskátʹ",
"sense": "to release",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выпуска́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výpustitʹ",
"sense": "to release",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́пустить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to release",
"word": "desencadenar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to precipitate; to bring about",
"word": "entfesseln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to precipitate; to bring about",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "vom Zaun brechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to precipitate; to bring about",
"word": "entfachen"
}
],
"word": "unleash"
}
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