Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DECERTIFY
decertify, derecognize, derecognise
(verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted; “Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People’s Republic of China”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decertify (third-person singular simple present decertifies, present participle decertifying, simple past and past participle decertified)
(transitive) To annul the certification of.
(transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIGATE
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