| bastardisation | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardization |
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| bastardization | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardisation |
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| (noun) declaring or rendering bastard | - |
| bastardy | (noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, illegitimacy |
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| baste | (noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together | Synonyms: basting, basting stitch, tacking |
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| baster | (noun) a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat | - |
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| (noun) a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches | Synonyms: tacker |
| (noun) a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy | - |
| bastille | (noun) a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) | - |
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| bastinado | (noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | Synonyms: falanga |
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| (noun) a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet | - |
| basting | (noun) moistening a roast as it is cooking | - |
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| (noun) a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together | Synonyms: baste, basting stitch, tacking |
| bastion | (noun) projecting part of a rampart or other fortification | - |
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| (noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | Synonyms: citadel |
| (noun) a group that defends a principle | - |
| bastnaesite | (noun) a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements | Synonyms: bastnasite |
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| bastnasite | (noun) a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements | Synonyms: bastnaesite |
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| basuco | (noun) low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis | - |
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| bat | (noun) (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit | Synonyms: at-bat |
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| (noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate | Synonyms: chiropteran |
| (noun) a club used for hitting a ball in various games | - |
| (noun) the club used in playing cricket | Synonyms: cricket bat |
| (noun) a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash | Synonyms: squash racket, squash racquet |
| batch | (noun) a collection of things or persons to be handled together | Synonyms: clutch |
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| (noun) all the loaves of bread baked at the same time | - |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| batfish | (noun) bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins | - |
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| bath | (noun) a soaking and washing in a bathtub | - |
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| (noun) a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it) | - |
| (noun) an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons | - |
| bathe | (noun) the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation | - |
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| bather | (noun) a person who travels through the water by swimming | Synonyms: natator, swimmer |
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| (noun) a person who takes a bath | - |
| bathhouse | (noun) a building containing public baths | Synonyms: bagnio |
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| (noun) a building containing dressing rooms for bathers | Synonyms: bathing machine |
| bathing | (noun) immersing the body in water or sunshine | - |
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| (noun) the act of washing yourself (or another person) | Synonyms: washup |
| batholite | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholith, pluton, plutonic rock |
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| batholith | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholite, pluton, plutonic rock |
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| bathometer | (noun) an instrument that measures the depth of water | Synonyms: bathymeter |
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| bathos | (noun) triteness or triviality of style | - |
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| (noun) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | Synonyms: anticlimax |
| (noun) insincere pathos | Synonyms: mawkishness |
| bathrobe | (noun) a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim | - |
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| bathroom | (noun) a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet | - |
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| (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet |
| bathtub | (noun) a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body | Synonyms: bathing tub, tub |
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| bathymeter | (noun) an instrument that measures the depth of water | Synonyms: bathometer |
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| bathymetry | (noun) measuring the depths of the oceans | Synonyms: plumbing |
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| bathyscape | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscaph, bathyscaphe |
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| bathyscaph | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscape, bathyscaphe |
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| bathyscaphe | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscape, bathyscaph |
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| bathysphere | (noun) spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration | - |
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| batik | (noun) a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted | - |
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| batiste | (noun) a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses | - |
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| batman | (noun) an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer | - |
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| baton | (noun) a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir | Synonyms: wand |
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| (noun) a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race | - |
| (noun) a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette | - |
| (noun) a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority | - |
| (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: billy, billy club, billystick, nightstick, truncheon |
| batrachian | (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog |
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| batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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| batsman | (noun) (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | Synonyms: batter, hitter, slugger |
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| battalion | (noun) an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies | - |
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| (noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: large number, multitude, pack, plurality |
| batten | (noun) a strip fixed to something to hold it firm | - |
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| (noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: batting |
| batter | (noun) a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking | - |
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| (noun) (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | Synonyms: batsman, hitter, slugger |
| battercake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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| battering | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: banging |
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| battery | (noun) an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | Synonyms: assault and battery |
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| (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling |
| (noun) a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series | Synonyms: electric battery |
| (noun) a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores | Synonyms: stamp battery |
| (noun) a collection of related things intended for use together | - |
| (noun) group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place | - |
| (noun) a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher | - |
| batting | (noun) (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base | - |
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| (noun) stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: batten |
| battle | (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | Synonyms: conflict, engagement, fight |
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| (noun) an energetic attempt to achieve something | Synonyms: struggle |
| (noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) | Synonyms: conflict, struggle |
| battledore | (noun) an ancient racket game | Synonyms: battledore and shuttlecock |
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| (noun) a light long-handled racket used by badminton players | Synonyms: badminton racket, badminton racquet |
| battlefield | (noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor |
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| battlefront | (noun) the line along which opposing armies face each other | Synonyms: front, front line |
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| battleground | (noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battlefield, field, field of battle, field of honor |
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| battlement | (noun) a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns | Synonyms: crenelation, crenellation |
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| battler | (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper |
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| battleship | (noun) large and heavily armoured warship | Synonyms: battlewagon |
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| battlesight | (noun) an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges | Synonyms: battle sight |
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| battlewagon | (noun) large and heavily armoured warship | Synonyms: battleship |
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| battue | (noun) a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter | - |
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| (noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed |
| batwing | (noun) one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon) | - |
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| bauble | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| (noun) a mock scepter carried by a court jester | - |
| baud | (noun) (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems | Synonyms: baud rate |
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| baulk | (noun) one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof | Synonyms: balk, rafter |
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| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| (noun) the area on a billiard table behind the balkline | Synonyms: balk |
| baulker | (noun) a person who refuses to comply | Synonyms: balker, noncompliant |
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| bauxite | (noun) a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst | - |
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| bawbee | (noun) an old Scottish coin of little value | - |
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| bawd | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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| bawdiness | (noun) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | Synonyms: lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity |
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| bawdry | (noun) lewd or obscene talk or writing | Synonyms: bawdy |
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| bawdy | (noun) lewd or obscene talk or writing | Synonyms: bawdry |
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| bawdyhouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse |
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| bawler | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
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| (noun) a loud weeper | - |
| bawling | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: wailing |
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| bay | (noun) a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color | - |
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| (noun) a small recess opening off a larger room | Synonyms: alcove |
| (noun) a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose | - |
| (noun) a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital | - |
| (noun) the sound of a hound on the scent | - |
| (noun) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | Synonyms: embayment |
| (noun) small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors | Synonyms: bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis, true laurel |
| baya | (noun) common Indian weaverbird | Synonyms: Ploceus philippinus |
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| bayat | (noun) an oath of allegiance to an emir | - |
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| bayberry | (noun) West Indian tree; source of bay rum | Synonyms: bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, wild cinnamon |
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| (noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry |
| bayonet | (noun) a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
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| bayou | (noun) a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) | - |
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| bazaar | (noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: fair |
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| (noun) a shop where a variety of goods are sold | Synonyms: bazar |
| (noun) a street of small shops (especially in Orient) | Synonyms: bazar |
| bazar | (noun) a shop where a variety of goods are sold | Synonyms: bazaar |
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| (noun) a street of small shops (especially in Orient) | Synonyms: bazaar |
| bazillion | (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: billion, gazillion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion |
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| bazooka | (noun) a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon | - |
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| bbl | (noun) any of various units of capacity | Synonyms: barrel |
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| bbs | (noun) a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest | Synonyms: bulletin board, bulletin board system, electronic bulletin board |
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| bdellium | (noun) aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh | - |
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| beach | (noun) an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake | - |
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| beachball | (noun) large and light ball; for play at the seaside | Synonyms: beach ball |
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| beachcomber | (noun) a vagrant living on a beach | - |
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| beachfront | (noun) a strip of land running along a beach | - |
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| beachhead | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: foothold |
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| (noun) a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation | - |
| beachwear | (noun) clothing to be worn at a beach | - |
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| beacon | (noun) a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes | Synonyms: radio beacon |
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| (noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | Synonyms: beacon light, lighthouse, pharos |
| (noun) a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance | Synonyms: beacon fire |
| bead | (noun) a small ball with a hole through the middle | - |
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| (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, beading, beadwork |
| (noun) a shape that is spherical and small | Synonyms: drop, pearl |
| beading | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beadwork |
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| (noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beadwork |
| beadle | (noun) a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function | - |
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| beads | (noun) several beads threaded together on a string | Synonyms: string of beads |
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| beadsman | (noun) a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another | Synonyms: bedesman |
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| beadwork | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beading |
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| (noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beading |
| beagle | (noun) a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound | - |
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| beagling | (noun) hunting rabbits with beagles | - |
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