Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
DECAPITATE
decapitate, behead, decollate
(verb) cut the head of; “the French King was beheaded during the Revolution”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decapitate (third-person singular simple present decapitates, present participle decapitating, simple past and past participle decapitated)
(transitive) To remove the head of.
Synonyms
• behead
• decollate
Antonyms
• recapitate
Source: Wiktionary
De*cap"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] Etym: [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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