Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
EXPUGN
Etymology
Verb
expugn (third-person singular simple present expugns, present participle expugning, simple past and past participle expugned)
(obsolete) To take by storm; capture. [15th-17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pugn", v. t. Etym: [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.]
Definition: To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNEXPLOITED
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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