Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
RETROACTION
Etymology
Noun
retroaction (countable and uncountable, plural retroactions)
Any action that has an influence due to a past event
An opposing action; a reaction
Source: Wiktionary
Re`tro*ac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétroaction.]
1. Action returned, or action backward.
2. Operation on something past or preceding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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