The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
STERILISE
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
(verb) make infertile; “in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized”
sterilize, sterilise
(verb) make free from bacteria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
sterilise (third-person singular simple present sterilises, present participle sterilising, simple past and past participle sterilised)
(British and Commonwealth) Alternative form of sterilize
Source: Wiktionary
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PRECOCIOUS
(adjective) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); “a precocious child”; “a precocious achievement”
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