In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EUROPEANISE
Europeanize, Europeanise
(verb) make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas
Europeanize, Europeanise
(verb) denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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