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.
JUGULATE
Verb
jugulate (third-person singular simple present jugulates, present participle jugulating, simple past and past participle jugulated)
(transitive) To cut the throat of.
Source: Wiktionary
Ju"gu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Jugulating.] Etym: [L. jugulatus, p. p. of jugulare, fr. jugulatum. See Jugular.]
Definition: To cut the throat of. [R.] Jacob Bigelow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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