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"Vorster":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"John 1915\u20131983 originally Balthazar Johannes Vorster prime minister of Republic of South Africa (1966\u201378)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u022fr-st\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141359",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"voracious":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": excessively eager : insatiable":[
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"a voracious reader"
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],
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": having a huge appetite : ravenous":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He has a voracious appetite .",
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"it seemed like the voracious kitten was eating her weight in food every day",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The young Newmark became a voracious reader in areas ranging from philosophy to economics to literature. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
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"Their voracious caterpillars have caused widespread damage to forests, parks and trees in streets and yards. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
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"Smallmouth bass, even more voracious , arrived in the 1990s. \u2014 Brittany Peterson And John Flesher, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
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"Smallmouth bass, even more voracious , arrived in the 1990s. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
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"The disconnect is a result of India\u2019s uneven growth, which is powered by the voracious consumption of the country\u2019s upper strata but whose benefits often do not extend beyond the urban middle class. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
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"The wine is named for the voracious hares that feed on the sap of grapevines, causing damage to vineyards. \u2014 Ellen Bhang, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
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"This level of success reveals a voracious desire for innovation and high performance \u2014 principles that help McLaren stay one step ahead of the competition. \u2014 Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"Goldfish, as voracious eaters, will devour snails, small insects, fish eggs, and young fish\u2014and will wildly out-compete native fish. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin vorac-, vorax , from vorare to devour; akin to Old English \u0101 cweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibr\u014dskein to devour":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259-",
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"v\u022f-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for voracious voracious , gluttonous , ravenous , rapacious mean excessively greedy. voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink. teenagers are often voracious eaters gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety. an admiral who was gluttonous for glory ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite. a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice. rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns",
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"synonyms":[
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"edacious",
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"esurient",
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"gluttonous",
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"greedy",
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"hoggish",
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"piggish",
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"rapacious",
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"ravenous",
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"swinish"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103119",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"voracity":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being voracious":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers, and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country\u2019s foremost skeptic, died at 92. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"Wildfires also emerged at tough-to-control voracity and speed, ravaging hundreds of thousands of acres across southern Europe and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. \u2014 Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021",
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"China\u2019s voracity worsened a natural-gas shortage in January in Japan\u2014which China last year outstripped as the world\u2019s largest LNG importer\u2014that put parts of Japan at risk of blackouts. \u2014 Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2021",
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"If life imitates art, then Wikipedia pursues life with unflagging voracity . \u2014 Shaan Sachdev, The New Republic , 26 Feb. 2021",
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"James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country\u2019s foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation announced. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Oct. 2020",
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"James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country's foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation announced. \u2014 Matt Sedensky, Star Tribune , 21 Oct. 2020",
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"Viagra began to serve not just as a medicine, but also as a metaphor: for hypersexualization, for voracity , for excess. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 27 Mar. 2018",
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"The Cozz & Effect rapper's voracity proved to be his hallmark during his fiery freestyle. \u2014 Tony Centeno, Billboard , 11 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1526, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"v\u0259-",
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"v\u022f-\u02c8ra-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190801",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vortex":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a region within a body of fluid in which the fluid elements have an angular velocity":[],
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": something that resembles a whirlpool":[
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"the hellish vortex of battle",
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"\u2014 Time"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a boat sucked down into the vortex",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Scientists say a very strong seasonal polar vortex surrounding the continent is the reason behind the freeze. \u2014 Tim O'donnell, The Week , 2 Oct. 2021",
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"Seeking help, Dickinson got lost in the kind of bureaucratic vortex that so often thwarts the aspirations of undergraduates. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"Working with his actors, Farhadi completed the journey of his characters, putting two men at the center of a vortex that, step by step, will end up devouring all around them. \u2014 Ana Maria Bahiana, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"The barrage of storminess and extreme cold can be traced back to an early January disruption of the polar vortex , which allowed lobes of extreme cold to ebb south over North America, Europe, and Asia. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Feb. 2021",
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"The anomalous heat in the Arctic can form rising air from the surface, and that can strengthen the low pressure system, which is one of the the spinning vortex . \u2014 Emily Schwing, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
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"However, despite the existing evidence, more research needs to be done to further establish the link between the weakening polar vortex and extreme weather, Moerman said. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 24 Dec. 2021",
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"That means careful planning and formation that\u2019s more offset to make sure the planes truly follow in the updraft instead of the vortex . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 21 Sep. 2020",
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"Even as one reads this article or sleeps at night, there are advertisers who are designing a million more clicks to carry us further down this digital vortex . \u2014 Michael Davis, Forbes , 13 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin vortic-, vortex , from Latin vertex, vortex whirlpool \u2014 more at vertex":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u022fr-\u02ccteks",
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"\u02c8v\u022f(\u0259)r-\u02ccteks"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"gulf",
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"maelstrom",
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"whirlpool"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062112",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"vortical":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or resembling a vortex : swirling":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Spinning on a vortical current of their own creation and vanishing into a dark hole. \u2014 Karen Russell, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
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"Hydrogen, oxygen and all other atoms were, deep down, just different types of vortical knots. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Dec. 2015",
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"The other route is the chiral vortical symmetry, which requires that the plasma be rotating. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 2 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u022fr-ti-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193426",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"vortical motion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": motion of a fluid (as at the boundary between two layers flowing in opposite directions) in which each individual particle rotates about its own axis":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193507",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |