In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DELETION
deletion
(noun) the act of deleting something written or printed
deletion, excision, cut
(noun) the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; “an editor’s deletions frequently upset young authors”; “both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause”
deletion
(noun) (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
omission, deletion
(noun) any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
deletion (countable and uncountable, plural deletions)
An item that has been or will be deleted.
The act of deleting.
(genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome
Anagrams
• entoiled
Source: Wiktionary
De*le"tion, n. Etym: [L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.]
Definition: Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRAZY
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