Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PETHIDINE
Etymology
Noun
pethidine (countable and uncountable, plural pethidines)
(pharmaceutical drug) A fast-acting opioid analgesic drug used in the treatment of severe pain. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
• isonipecaine
• lidol
• meperidine (USAN name)
• operidine
• pethanol
• piridosal
Source: Wiktionary
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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