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"A heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is used for demolishing large buildings."
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"alt": "kura(t) at-taḥṭīm",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "كُرَة اَلتَّحْطِيم"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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"word": "bola de demolició"
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"word": "bola d'enderroc"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "破壞球"
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"roman": "pòhuàiqiú",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "破坏球"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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"feminine"
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"word": "bourací koule"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sloopkogel"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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"word": "niðurrívingarkúla"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "murskauspallo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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"word": "purkupallo"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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"feminine"
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"word": "boule de démolition"
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
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"word": "boulet de démolition"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Abrissbirne"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abbruchbirne"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "rek'king bol",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "렉킹 볼"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kula stalowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bola de demolição"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šarovój tarán",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "шарово́й тара́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bola de demolición"
},
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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"word": "rivningskula"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "yıkım güllesi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "yıkım topu"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "buzuvchi toʻp"
},
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "quả văng"
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"word": "wrecking ball"
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"alt": "kura(t) at-taḥṭīm",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "كُرَة اَلتَّحْطِيم"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bola de demolició"
},
{
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bola d'enderroc"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "破壞球"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pòhuàiqiú",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "破坏球"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "bourací koule"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
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"word": "sloopkogel"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "niðurrívingarkúla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "murskauspallo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "purkupallo"
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boule de démolition"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boulet de démolition"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abrissbirne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abbruchbirne"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "rek'king bol",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "렉킹 볼"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kula stalowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bola de demolição"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šarovój tarán",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "шарово́й тара́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bola de demolición"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "rivningskula"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "yıkım güllesi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "yıkım topu"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "buzuvchi toʻp"
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
"word": "quả văng"
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"word": "wrecking ball"
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