In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DELOCALIZE
delocalize
(verb) remove from the proper or usual locality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
delocalize (third-person singular simple present delocalizes, present participle delocalizing, simple past and past participle delocalized)
To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global).
(chemistry) To contain an electron in an orbital that extends over several adjacent atoms.
(biology) To remove from a locality.
Source: Wiktionary
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AWRY
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