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.
DEFLAGRATION
deflagration
(noun) combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deflagration (countable and uncountable, plural deflagrations)
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
Antonyms
• (with respect to speed of propagation): detonation
Hypernyms
• combustion
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Def`la*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration.]
1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: The act or process of deflagrating.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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