Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
EXTERMINATION
extermination, liquidation
(noun) the act of exterminating
extinction, extermination
(noun) complete annihilation; “they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
extermination (countable and uncountable, plural exterminations)
The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication
Elimination.
Synonyms
• (total destruction): excision
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ter`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. extermination.]
1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
2. (Math.)
Definition: Elimination. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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