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.
NEUTRALISE
neutralize, neutralise
(verb) make chemically neutral; “She neutralized the solution”
neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
(verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; “Her optimism neutralizes his gloom”; “This action will negate the effect of my efforts”
neutralize, neutralise
(verb) make incapable of military action
neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
(verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; “The mafia liquidated the informer”; “the double agent was neutralized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
neutralise (third-person singular simple present neutralises, present participle neutralising, simple past and past participle neutralised)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of neutralize
Anagrams
• laurestine, lineatures, reinsulate
Source: Wiktionary
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