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.
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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Word of the Day
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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