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1235 lines
48 KiB
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{
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"Kildare":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"county in the eastern Ireland province of Leinster; capital Naas area 654 square miles (1700 square kilometers), population 210,312":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"kil-\u02c8der"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001720"
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},
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"Kilimanjaro":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"volcanic massif in Tanzania near the border with Kenya whose central peak is the highest point in Africa \u2014 see kibo":[]
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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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"-\u02c8ja-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
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"\u02ccki-l\u0259-m\u0259n-\u02c8j\u00e4r-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132424",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Killington Peak":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"peak 4235 feet (1291 meters) with a ski resort in the Green Mountains of central Vermont":[]
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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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"\u02c8ki-li\u014b-t\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125234",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"kild":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"kilderkin":[]
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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":"20220706-134927",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"kildare green":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a moderate yellow green that is greener, lighter, and stronger than average moss green, yellower and lighter than average pea green, and yellower and paler than apple green (see apple green sense 1 )":[]
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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":"20220706-190413",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kildee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of kildee dialectal variant of killdeer"
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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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"\u02c8kild\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100532",
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"type":[]
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},
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"kildeer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of kildeer variant spelling of killdeer"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-033025",
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"type":[]
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},
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"kilderkin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an English unit of capacity equal to \u00b9/\u2082 barrel":[],
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": cask":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration\u2014there's no beer in them"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Middle Dutch kindekijn , from Medieval Latin quintale quintal":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kil-d\u0259r-k\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"butt",
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"cask",
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"firkin",
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"hogshead",
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"keg",
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"pipe",
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"puncheon",
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"rundlet",
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"runlet",
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"tun"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093849",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kiley":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of kiley variant spelling of kylie"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075232",
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"type":[]
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},
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"kilhig":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a short thick pole used in logging to direct the fall of a tree":[]
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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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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kil\u02cchig"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235653",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kilim":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a pileless handwoven reversible rug or covering made in Turkey, Kurdistan, the Caucasus, Iran, and western Turkestan":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lodging The lively Sherwood Queenstown has 78 motel rooms updated in industrial-meets-bohemian style with army blankets atop beds and oversize cushions made from recycled kilim rugs. \u2014 Elaine Glusac, New York Times , 27 Feb. 2020",
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"Over the bridge, the old city\u2019s bazaar \u2014 lined with shops selling souvenirs, trinkets, kebabs and goatskin and kilim rugs \u2014 is deserted. \u2014 Kim Willsher, Los Angeles Times , 3 Oct. 2019",
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"Vintage Moroccan rugs with Berber motifs and Turkish kilims are hallmarks to the look of this style. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 2 July 2019",
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"Poufs, made from vintage kilims , cleverly nestle up under the six-foot-square custom coffee table that Mazzarini designed for game nights in the family room. \u2014 Robert Ruffino, House Beautiful , 28 May 2019",
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"Elsewhere, there are flintlock rifles and camel saddlebags; kilims and suzanis; chain mail shirts and Tartar helmets. \u2014 Rod Nordland, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2018",
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"The museum was closed for renovation, but lunch with Ms. Iuga, who wrote her thesis on rug-making in Maramures, paid off in terms of tips on where to look for kilims along the way. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2018",
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"Every twist and turn in this sprawling indoor-outdoor space reveals a new treasure or gem, from glossy art tomes and vintage kilims to neon Fermob furniture. \u2014 Genevieve Mimeault, ELLE Decor , 24 Oct. 2016",
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"The variations of kilims , which refer to any flatweave rug, are endless. \u2014 Sophia Markoulakis, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Turkish, from Persian kil\u012bm":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"k\u0113-\u02c8l\u0113m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083707",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"kill":{
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"antonyms":[
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"animate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a decisive act that conclusively secures something (such as a deal or win)":[],
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": a return shot in any of various games (such as badminton, handball, or table tennis) that is too hard for an opponent to handle":[],
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": an act or instance of killing":[
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"an animal moving in for the kill"
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],
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": an animal shot in a hunt":[],
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": an enemy unit (such as an airplane or ship) destroyed by military action":[],
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": animals killed in a hunt, season, or particular period of time":[],
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": annihilate , destroy":[
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"kill an enemy"
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],
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": channel , creek":[
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"\u2014 used chiefly in place names in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York"
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],
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": defeat , veto":[
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"killed the amendment"
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],
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": something killed : such as":[],
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": to cause extreme pain to":[
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"My back is killing me."
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],
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": to cause the death of a person, animal, or plant":[
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"a murderer who may kill again",
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"an herbicide that kills on contact",
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"if looks could kill"
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],
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": to cause to stop":[
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"kill the motor"
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],
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": to check the flow of current through":[
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"kill the lights"
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],
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": to consume (something, such as a drink) totally":[
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"\u2026 killed his drink and held out the glass.",
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"\u2014 W. L. Gresham",
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"killed two bottles of wine over dinner"
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],
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": to convert a food animal into (a kind of meat) by slaughtering":[],
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": to deprive of life : cause the death of":[
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"a disease that has killed thousands",
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"He threatened to kill them."
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],
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": to destroy the vital or essential quality of":[
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"killed the pain with drugs"
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],
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": to hit (a shot) so hard in various games that a return is impossible":[
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"killed a backhand down the line"
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],
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": to make a markedly favorable impression":[
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"was dressed to kill"
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],
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": to make a markedly favorable impression on":[
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"she killed the audience"
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],
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": to put an end to":[
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"kill competition",
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"a change that could kill our chances for success"
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],
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": to slaughter (an animal) for food":[],
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": to tire almost to the point of collapse":[
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"has been killing herself to get the project done on time"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The disease has killed thousands of people.",
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"Three people were killed in the accident.",
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"a chemical that kills weeds",
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"a disease that can kill",
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"taking drugs to kill the pain",
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"Despite protests, the mayor killed the program.",
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"The committee killed the bill.",
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"This delay has killed our chances of finishing the project on schedule.",
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"She told him to kill the lights."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1669, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Dutch kil":"Noun",
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"Middle English, perhaps from Old English *cyllan ; akin to Old English cwellan to kill \u2014 more at quell":"Verb and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8kil"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for kill Verb kill , slay , murder , assassinate , dispatch , execute mean to deprive of life. kill merely states the fact of death caused by an agency in any manner. killed in an accident frost killed the plants slay is a chiefly literary term implying deliberateness and violence but not necessarily motive. slew thousands of the Philistines murder specifically implies stealth and motive and premeditation and therefore full moral responsibility. convicted of murdering a rival assassinate applies to deliberate killing openly or secretly often for political motives. terrorists assassinated the Senator dispatch stresses quickness and directness in putting to death. dispatched the sentry with one bullet execute stresses putting to death as a legal penalty. executed by lethal gas",
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"synonyms":[
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"carry off",
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"claim",
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"croak",
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"destroy",
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"dispatch",
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"do in",
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"fell",
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"slay",
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"take"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041415",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"kill-kid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": sheep laurel":[]
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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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"kill entry 1 + kid (young goat); from the poisonous foliage":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112521",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"killer":{
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"antonyms":[
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"baleful",
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"deadly",
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"deathly",
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"fatal",
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"fell",
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"lethal",
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"mortal",
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"murderous",
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"pestilent",
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"terminal",
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"vital"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": killer whale":[],
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": one that has a forceful, violent, or striking impact":[],
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": one that is extremely difficult to deal with":[],
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": one that kills":[],
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": strikingly impressive or effective":[
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"a killer smile",
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"a killer r\u00e9sum\u00e9"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Heart disease is the leading killer of both men and women.",
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"The chemical is used as a weed killer .",
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"Adjective",
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"killer viruses that claimed millions of lives",
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"a killer exercise program guaranteed to whip you into shape",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Scott Derrickson\u2019s The Black Phone deals with tough subject matter: A sadistic child killer named the Grabber, played by Ethan Hawke, abducts children, never to be seen again. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
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"This killer \u2019s handler, portrayed by Ellen Barkin, sent him to Virginia to obtain sensitive government information for former Venezuelan colonel Sebastian Marin. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
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"The twist: this sequel takes the form of a retrospective murder plot told by Marilyn's killer (Jeremy Slate) between flashbacks to the previous film. \u2014 Allaire Nuss, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
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"The killer , who President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador said Wednesday had been identified, took their bodies. \u2014 Mar\u00cda Verza, ajc , 22 June 2022",
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"Fear of failure is the No. 1 killer of creativity, which is ultimately rooted in shame. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"The gaunt killer , dressed in a gray suit, declined the judge\u2019s final offer to address the court. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
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"The fictional man who loved his family, but cheated on his wife and was a ruthless killer , who tried to get his head right by airing his dirty laundry to a shrink, brought on the era of TV\u2019s antihero. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
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"The Parkland killer , Nikolas Cruz, fled the building and was arrested off-campus. \u2014 Scott Travis, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bear",
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"beast",
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"chore",
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"headache",
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"job",
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"labor"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044504",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"killing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"humorless",
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"lame",
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"unamusing",
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"uncomic",
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"unfunny",
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"unhumorous",
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"unhysterical"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a sudden notable gain or profit":[
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"made a killing in the stock market"
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],
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": highly amusing":[],
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": kill sense 2a":[],
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": that kills or relates to killing":[],
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": the act of one that kills":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The oil spill is responsible for the killing of thousands of birds.",
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"Adjective",
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"he's usually quiet, but occasionally unleashes some killing remark that cracks everyone up",
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"a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The account of the killing in Springfield Township, which is a community of around 25,000 around 10 miles west of downtown Philadelphia, is from witnesses, Daly said. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
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"In 1972, he and three others were acquitted of murdering a Texas drug dealer in Oakland and setting a residence on fire as part of the killing . \u2014 al , 30 June 2022",
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"Local authorities vowed to punish internet users for sharing videos and photos of the killing , but by late Tuesday, videos and photos had circulated widely, and snippets of video were played repeatedly on television news. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
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"This week also marks the 40th anniversary of the killing of Vincent Chin, whose death galvanized the Asian American civil rights movement. \u2014 Maria Aguilar, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
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"Four months after police found a man dead, burned and beaten in a Hollywood motel room, a 48-year-old woman has been arrested and accused of the killing , police said. \u2014 Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
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"No mention was made of the killing in the Los Angeles Times. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
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"The charges stem from the May 2020 shooting of two guards at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland amid anti-police brutality protests that arose out of the killing of George Floyd. \u2014 Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
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"In Uvalde, top Texas officials gathered for an emotional news conference that began with calls for unity in the aftermath of the killing . \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The anti-trapping, anti- killing anything movement has also taken a toll. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
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"For the few pests that do show up, first spray with non- killing repellents such as garlic and garlic pepper tea. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 26 July 2021",
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"And Morgan put an end to his non- killing ways by chopping off the head of his bounty-hunting pursuer \u2014 stealing his axe and hat in the process. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 Oct. 2020",
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"The killing spree began in the cottage community of Portapique where Mr. Wortman owned several properties. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"The problem at hand is the novel coronavirus, and U.S. sanctions are aiding its killing spree in Iran. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek , 18 Mar. 2020",
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"In 2014, his daughter, Alex, was at the University of California, Santa Barbara when a gunman on a killing spree fatally shot three women outside her sorority house. \u2014 James Barrag\u00e1n, Dallas News , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"Keenan was the New York Police Department\u2019s Chief of Detectives during the killing spree, which terrified the city in 1976 and 1977 as an unknown gunman stalked his victims with a .44 caliber handgun, killing six and wounding seven others. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"Police reports, witness statements and dispatch logs shared earlier have provided more detail about the confusion and heroism as the concert venue became a killing field. \u2014 Ken Ritter, Fox News , 13 June 2018"
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"I don't want to sound like a killjoy , but shouldn't we study tonight",
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"his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Now for the killjoy : Pregnancy can cause your skin to go a little haywire. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
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"Earles will play as Dewey Wood, the stone-faced, killjoy of a Camp Director of Camp Shallow Lake. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"So sorry to be a killjoy , Hoosiers\u2019 fans, but Michigan wins this one big. \u2014 USA TODAY , 7 Nov. 2020",
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"The bigger threat is the army of Halloween killjoys , sprinkled throughout neighborhoods, their houses often decorated for the holiday, the better to lure unsuspecting children to their doorsteps. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
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"But as emissions rise, the killjoys are resorting to shame and repulsion as weapons against environmental evils. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019",
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"Sadly, the plan to use the full Formula 1 layout has been squashed by the killjoys at the FIA, for reasons that completely elude me. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2018",
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"Cinemas have opened; music is performed in public; the killjoy morality police are off the streets. \u2014 The Economist , 23 June 2018",
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"Feminists don\u2019t want to pose as killjoys bent on confiscating mani-pedis. \u2014 Amanda Hess, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2018"
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"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8kil-\u02ccj\u022fi"
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"drag",
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"grinch",
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"party pooper",
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"spoilsport",
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"wet blanket"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063340",
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": proper or usual state or condition : order":[
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"since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But there\u2019s also a creepy off- kilter quality to Anger\u2019s study of a Hells Angel that allows the film to explore the violent dark side of this subculture. \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 1 July 2022",
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"But the pandemic\u2019s economic legacy means that this season is an off- kilter one, too. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
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"On top of that, the weakness, vision loss and sensory issues triggered by MS can also throw you off kilter . \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
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"Season 3 of the sensationally off- kilter procedural is loopier than ever. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
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"The actor seems always right at home in Almod\u00f3var\u2019s off- kilter universe, where the gravitational pull of philosophical pathos and nakedly honest emotion balances out the centripetal forces of absurdist humor and erotic camp. \u2014 Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
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"The Celtics had opened the season off- kilter , losing their first two games and, by early January, 19 more. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
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"Likewise, its visual grammar privileges an off- kilter sensibility that keys us into the sense that something is always slightly off. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 15 June 2022",
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"But both hold up an off- kilter mirror to our warped world, as if to help viewers see the distortions more clearly. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1628, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8kil-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"condition",
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"estate",
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"fettle",
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"form",
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"health",
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"keeping",
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"nick",
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"order",
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"repair",
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"shape",
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"trim"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103400",
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"kill two birds with one stone":{
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": to achieve two things by doing a single action":[
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
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": celandine sense 1":[]
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"kill-wart from kill entry 1 + wart ; from its use to remove warts; killwort by folk etymology from kill-wart":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165911"
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": the meter-kilogram-second gravitational unit of work and energy equal to the work done by a kilogram force acting through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force : about 7.235 foot-pounds":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191451"
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},
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"killy fish":{
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005720"
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"The antigen receptors of killer T cells allow them to recognize the viral peptides, which signal that a cell must be destroyed as unhealthy.",
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"\u2014 Harald von Boehmer et al.",
|
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"A subset of lymphocytes known as killer T cells may also respond to the envelope protein by destroying infected cells.",
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|
"\u2014 William A. Haseltine et al."
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]
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010245"
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},
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"killer plant":{
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an East African plant ( Adenia sinensis ) of the family Passifloraceae that contains a highly poisonous alkaloid":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020335"
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|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": sparrow hawk sense 2":[]
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},
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],
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|
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"killy of imitative origin":""
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021012"
|
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},
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|
"killer t cell":{
|
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|
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|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
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|
|
"The antigen receptors of killer T cells allow them to recognize the viral peptides, which signal that a cell must be destroyed as unhealthy.",
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|
"\u2014 Harald von Boehmer et al.",
|
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"A subset of lymphocytes known as killer T cells may also respond to the envelope protein by destroying infected cells.",
|
|
"\u2014 William A. Haseltine et al."
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]
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|
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021316"
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"Kilmarnock":{
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"burgh southwest of Glasgow in southwestern Scotland population 46,000":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"kil-\u02c8m\u00e4r-n\u0259k"
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],
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042511"
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},
|
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"killer instinct":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an aggressive tenacious urge for domination in a struggle to attain a set goal":[]
|
|
},
|
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|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Her killer instincts have helped her become one of the top tennis players in the world.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Aaron Paul plays the guy who helps Sarah hone her killer instinct in a film about identity and fighting for one's life. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Still, part of what makes Lowe so successful, say those who know him, is his ability to balance that killer instinct with real empathy. \u2014 Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In development for many years, the narrative charts the rise of one woman (Patrizia Reggiani, played by Lady Gaga) who saw a chance to break down old systems, using unscrupulous methods and a killer instinct in order to accomplish her goals. \u2014 Nick Clement, Variety , 14 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Gobert was even more succinct about the missing-in-action killer instinct . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Who could believe that such utter innocence might conceal a killer instinct ",
|
|
"Shaky quarterback play, inexcusable penalties, breakdowns on defense and special teams, and a lack of killer instinct in crunch time combined for yet another defeat during the first losing season for Florida (6-7) since 2017. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"None being bigger than their killer instinct and knack for excitement. \u2014 Mike Bohn, Rolling Stone , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Focus was maintained and killer instinct was flexed, as the lead escalated to 20, 30, 40 points. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042545"
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},
|
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"killing field":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a scene of mass killing (as from a battle or massacre)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"So when the horrors of Russia's invasion of Ukraine play out in full view, when a Kyiv suburb is turned into a killing field , when a missile strikes a train terminal packed with people trying to flee the war, there's a powerful impulse for justice. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Once popular with tech workers and young families, Bucha became a killing field as Russia sought to seize the capital. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
|
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"His neighbor was the first to identify him, recognizing the unshaven face of a man who had watched his beloved street become a killing field . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His neighbor was the first to identify him, recognizing the unshaven face of a man who had watched his beloved street become a killing field . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Sunday worship at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, is turned into a a killing field with 26 lives lost. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Nine years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field . \u2014 Cnn Staff, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
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"My mother and father were fortunate to have survived the killing fields of Cambodia and to have emigrated to America. \u2014 James Kuo, New York Times , 27 Mar. 2020",
|
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"That is 40 million more than perished on the killing fields of Flanders and northern France (and elsewhere in Europe), and 10 million more than have died from AIDS in the forty years since the syndrome was first recognized in the 1980s. \u2014 Mark Honigsbaum, The New York Review of Books , 17 Mar. 2020"
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"1980, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044252"
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"kilohertz":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
|
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": 1000 hertz":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
|
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"-\u02ccherts",
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"\u02c8kil-\u0259-\u02cch\u0259rts",
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"-\u02cche(\u0259)rts",
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02cch\u0259rts"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"a frequency of 80 kilohertz",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The upper frequency limit for the average human ear may be a measly 20 kilohertz , but most mammals can hear well into the ultrasound range. \u2014 Jennifer Szalai, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
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"These devices send out sound waves above 20 kilohertz , the typical human high-end threshold for hearing, and some modulate between 32 and 64 kHz so undesirable animals cannot adapt. \u2014 Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics , 9 Mar. 2021",
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"But at 10 kilohertz , electricity slips by these nerves unnoticed. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 29 Jan. 2021",
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"Measuring in the range of 20 to 150 kilohertz , the researchers found that even happy, healthy plants made the occasional noise. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 2 Dec. 2019",
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"Starting Tuesday, Amazon HD customers will have access to some 50 million songs in what the company calls HD audio, or the equivalent of CD quality \u2014 16-bit files with sampling rates of 44.1 kilohertz . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2019",
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"Advertising Frequency response is 15 hertz to 40 kilohertz , and sensitivity is greater than or equal to 101 decibels (at 1,000 hertz). \u2014 Jim Rossman, The Seattle Times , 13 Apr. 2019",
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"The transmitter and receiver are matched to the same magnetic frequency, about 85 kilohertz , so that energy losses are minimal and the system operates at 95 percent efficiency, Daga said, comparable to a plug-in charger. \u2014 Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com , 26 Apr. 2018",
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"Peak hearing sensitivity for most birds is believed to rest between two to three kilohertz . \u2014 Douglas Quenqua, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2018"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
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": any of a family (Cyprinodontidae) of numerous small oviparous fishes much used as bait and in mosquito control":[],
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": any of various live-bearers (family Poeciliidae)":[]
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"The flatworm begins its life in a snail, then moves into a California killifish , then to its final destination in the gut of a predatory water bird, such as a heron or egret. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Best bait is live killifish or shrimp fished on bottom. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"And the killifish is not the only species to have managed this feat. \u2014 Cal Flyn, WSJ , 3 June 2021",
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"The winners in a rapidly changing world will likely be creatures, like the killifish , who are numerous and genetically diverse. \u2014 Cal Flyn, WSJ , 3 June 2021",
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"Take the trematode preying on the California killifish , a normally secretive bait fish that hangs out in western salt marshes. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2020",
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"And several studies published in the past 3 years suggest the eyes of killifish and water fleas vary in size depending on the presence of predators. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 27 Oct. 2020",
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"But a 2019 study found that the intrepid eggs of the killifish , which can enter a kind of hibernation to survive dry spells buried in sand and soil, were able to survive a trip through both ends of a swan. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 July 2020",
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"This video compares the embryos and life spans of killifish who either experienced or skipped diapause, capturing time-lapses and detailed snapshots of their embryonic development. \u2014 Joel Goldberg, Science | AAAS , 20 Feb. 2020"
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": a relatively small toothed whale ( Orcinus orca of the family Delphinidae) that is black above with white underparts and white oval-shaped patches behind the eyes, attains a length of 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters), typically hunts in groups, and preys chiefly on sea mammals (such as seals, sea lions, and other whales), large fish, and squid":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Leeman was one of two fishermen in the waters off Cape Cod on Sunday afternoon who took video and photographs of a large orca \u2014 better known as a killer whale \u2014 swimming nearby. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
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"The Haida, whose land encompassed cedar forests, probably shaped it and decorated the prow and stern with designs of an eagle and killer whale . \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
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"The southern resident orcas \u2014 a type of killer whale \u2014 are struggling to survive. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
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"But when a killer whale breaks from its training, all bets are off. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
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"This submersible was designed to look like a dolphin, shark or killer whale and\u2014just like its marine inspirations\u2014can leap out of the water or even do a 360-degree flip under the surface. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Demonstrators have been rallying to free a killer whale named Lolita for more than a year now. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2015",
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"Huggins takes skin samples from where the killer whale teeth marks are. \u2014 Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"For the past 45 years, Ken Balcomb has taken to the waters of the Pacific Northwest, leading the Orca Survey, a long-term photo identification project focusing on what is known as the southern resident killer whale population of Puget Sound. \u2014 Emily D'alessandro, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022"
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": something highly and usually factitiously sensational of its kind":[
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"plot hocus-pocus and killer-diller battles between good and evil",
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"\u2014 Jean Garrigue",
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"killer-diller love scenes",
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"\u2014 C. J. Rolo"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164710"
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"\u02c8k\u0113-l\u0259-",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165514"
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": a small Old World willow that is a variety ( Salix caprea pendula ) of the great sallow with crooked pendulous branches":[]
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"(\u02c8)kil\u00a6m\u00e4rn\u0259k-"
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"James Rhyne 1904\u20131988 American educator":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230216"
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"The group of immune cells that surge during and after short bouts of exercise, which include neutrophils and natural- killer cells , serve as our frontline defense against invading viruses. \u2014 Katarina Zimmer, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2020",
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"The checkpoint inhibitors allow powerful immune cells to recognize and hone in on cancer cells and co-opt killer cells to destroy them. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 12 July 2018"
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"\u02c8ki-l\u0259-\u02ccgram"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Likewise, the new definition of the kilogram rests on the second, in a manner too complicated to explain in fewer than several paragraphs. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Holloman-Ellis, Ian-Isaiah, 27, of Middletown was charged with possession with intent to sell over one kilogram of cannabis. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
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"The eggs from the previous day\u2019s grocery shopping, which included three kilograms of turkey breast and one kilogram of ground veal, will last him just three days. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
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"The current recommended dietary allowance (RDA) is 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. \u2014 Nikhita Mahtani, SELF , 7 June 2022",
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"The group made kilogram -level drug deals in parking lots of a bowling alley in Parma, a liquor store in Cleveland and a Maple Heights shopping plaza, among other locations. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 1 June 2022",
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"Produced jointly by the Kweichow Moutai group and one of China's biggest dairy companies, Mengniu Dairy, the ice cream is made up of 50 grams of Moutai per kilogram of milk, customer service staff at the International Hotel told local media. \u2014 Ziyu Zhang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
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"Maxwell was accused of being a kilogram -level redistributor for the trafficking organization. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"Maxwell was a kilogram -level redistributor for the trafficking organization, prosecutors said. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 29 Oct. 2021"
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"(Alfred) Joyce 1886\u20131918 American poet":[]
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": 1000 gauss":[]
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