In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BREAKOUT
break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
(noun) an escape from jail; “the breakout was carefully planned”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
breakout (plural breakouts)
An escape from prison.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An outbreak.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
Adjective
breakout (not comparable)
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
Anagrams
• kabouter, outbrake, outbreak
Source: Wiktionary
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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