Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
IMMOBILISE
immobilize, immobilise
(verb) cause to be unable to move; “The sudden storm immobilized the traffic”
freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise
(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); “Blocked funds”; “Freeze the assets of this hostile government”
immobilize, immobilise
(verb) convert (assets) into fixed capital
immobilize, immobilise
(verb) make defenseless
trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise
(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving; “The child was pinned under the fallen tree”
immobilize, immobilise
(verb) hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
immobilise (third-person singular simple present immobilises, present participle immobilising, simple past and past participle immobilised)
Alternative spelling of immobilize
Source: Wiktionary
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10 June 2025
COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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