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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vandal"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vandál",
"sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ванда́л"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "vandal",
"sense": "person who destroys or damages property",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "וואַנדאַל"
}
],
"word": "vandal"
}
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