Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ANAESTHETIZE
anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out
(verb) administer an anesthetic drug to; “The patient must be anesthetized before the operation”; “anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
anaesthetize (third-person singular simple present anaesthetizes, present participle anaesthetizing, simple past and past participle anaesthetized)
(Oxford) Alternative spelling of anesthetize
Source: Wiktionary
An*æs"the*tize, v. t. (Med.)
Definition: To render insensible by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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