Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BACTERIZE
bacterize, bacterise
(verb) subject to the action of bacteria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
bacterize (third-person singular simple present bacterizes, present participle bacterizing, simple past and past participle bacterized)
To treat with bacteria.
Source: Wiktionary
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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