An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DISRUPTION
break, interruption, disruption, gap
(noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; “it was presented without commercial breaks”; “there was a gap in his account”
disruption, perturbation
(noun) the act of causing disorder
dislocation, disruption
(noun) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
(noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult; “they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
A continuing act of disorder.
A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*rup"tion, n. Etym: [L. disruptio, diruptio.]
Definition: The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONSECRATION
(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”
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