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"word": "摩擦战"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opotřebovávací válka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "udmattelseskrig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uitputtingsoorlog"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "kurnamissõda"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "näännytyssota"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "uuvutussota"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "kulutussota"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerre d’usure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerre d’attrition"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zermürbungskrieg"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abnutzungskrieg"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "milkhémet hatashá",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מִלְחֶמֶת הַתָּשָׁה \\ מלחמת התשה"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerra di logoramento"
},
{
"alt": "しょうもうせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōmōsen",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "消耗戦"
},
{
"alt": "消耗戰",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "somojeon",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "소모전"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "izsīkuma karš"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vojna na trošenje",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "војна на трошење"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "utmattelseskrig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jang-e farsâyeši",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "جنگ فرسایشی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wojna na wyczerpanie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerra de desgaste"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "război de uzură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vojná na istoščénije",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "война́ на истоще́ние"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opotrebovávacia vojna"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerra de desgaste"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerra de atrición"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "utnötningskrig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "utmattningskrig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "yıpratma savaşı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vijná na výsnažennja",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "війна́ на ви́снаження"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"word": "chiến tranh tiêu hao"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "prolonged exhausting war",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rhyfel athreuliol"
}
],
"word": "war of attrition"
}
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