RUGGEDISE

ruggedize, ruggedise

(verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage; “Detroit ruggedized the family car”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

ruggedise (third-person singular simple present ruggedises, present participle ruggedising, simple past and past participle ruggedised)

(transitive) Alternative spelling of ruggedize

Source: Wiktionary



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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