Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DIVELLICATE
Etymology
Verb
divellicate (third-person singular simple present divellicates, present participle divellicating, simple past and past participle divellicated)
To detach, rip apart.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vel"li*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.]
Definition: To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
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