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.
LIQUIDATION
elimination, liquidation
(noun) the murder of a competitor
liquidation, settlement
(noun) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
extermination, liquidation
(noun) the act of exterminating
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
liquidation (countable and uncountable, plural liquidations)
The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
(euphemism) Murder of dehumanized victims by a regime (and possibly its allies).
Source: Wiktionary
Liq`ui*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. liquidation.]
Definition: The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated. To go into liquidation (Law), to turn over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one's indebtedness be authoritatively ascertained, and that the assets may be applied toward their discharge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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