Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DECEREBRATE
decerebrate
(verb) remove the cerebrum from (a human body)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
decerebrate (not comparable)
(biology) Having the cerebrum removed.
Verb
decerebrate (third-person singular simple present decerebrates, present participle decerebrating, simple past and past participle decerebrated)
To remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function.
Source: Wiktionary
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ERASE
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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