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.
DEAERATE
deaerate, de-aerate
(verb) remove air or gas from
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deaerate (third-person singular simple present deaerates, present participle deaerating, simple past and past participle deaerated)
To remove the air or gas from something
Source: Wiktionary
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