Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BIOCIDAL
Adjective
biocidal (comparative more biocidal, superlative most biocidal)
Able to kill living organisms, especially microorganisms
Anagrams
• diabolic
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