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.
SCATHE
damage, harm, hurt, scathe
(noun) the act of damaging something or someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scathe (countable and uncountable, plural scathes)
(archaic or dialect) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune; waste.
Etymology 2
Verb
scathe (third-person singular simple present scathes, present participle scathing, simple past and past participle scathed)
To injure or harm.
To blast; scorch; wither.
Anagrams
• 'stache, 'taches, Scheat, achest, chaste, chates, cheats, he-cats, sachet, she-cat, stache, taches, thecas
Source: Wiktionary
Scathe, Scath, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing.] Etym: [Icel. skatha; akin to AS. sceathan, sceth\'eban, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scadon, Goth. skaĂžjan.]
Definition: To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton. Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irwing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPRINGBOARD
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