Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DEBILITATED
adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated
(adjective) lacking energy or vitality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
debilitated (not comparable)
Weakened.
run down, damaged, in disrepair.
Verb
debilitated
simple past tense and past participle of debilitate
Source: Wiktionary
DEBILITATE
De*bil"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Debilitating.] Etym: [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See Debility.]
Definition: To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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