Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
EXPULSION
expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
(noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
(noun) the act of forcing out someone or something; āthe ejection of troublemakers by the policeā; āthe childās expulsion from schoolā
extrusion, expulsion
(noun) squeezing out by applying pressure; āan unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tubeā; āthe expulsion of pus from the pimpleā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
expulsion (countable and uncountable, plural expulsions)
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
Antonyms
• impulsion
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pul"sion, n. Etym: [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.]
1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak.
2. The state of being expelled or driven out.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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