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.
RAZING
razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing
(noun) complete destruction of a building
razing, wrecking
(noun) the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
razing
present participle of raze
Anagrams
• grazin'
Source: Wiktionary
RAZE
Raze, n. Etym: [See Rack.]
Definition: A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
Raze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] Etym: [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.
2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.
Syn.
– To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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