In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
EXPUGNED
Verb
expugned
simple past tense and past participle of expugn
Anagrams
• expunged
Source: Wiktionary
EXPUGN
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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