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.
ERADICATOR
exterminator, terminator, eradicator
(noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eradicator (plural eradicators)
A person who, or thing that eradicates.
Anagrams
• adoratrice, corradiate
Source: Wiktionary
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