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.
MUTILATION
defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration, mutilation
(noun) the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; “the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion”; “he objected to the dam’s massive disfigurement of the landscape”
mutilation
(noun) an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural mutilations)
The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
Hyponyms
• female genital mutilation
• male genital mutilation
Anagrams
• ultimation
Source: Wiktionary
Mu`ti*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. mutilatio: cf. F. mutilation.]
Definition: The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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