Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
STUPEFACTION
stupefaction
(noun) the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; “the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students”
grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness
(noun) marginal consciousness; “his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows”; “someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor”
stupefaction
(noun) a feeling of stupefied astonishment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stupefaction (countable and uncountable, plural stupefactions)
The state of extreme shock or astonishment.
A state of insensibility; stupor.
Source: Wiktionary
Stu`pe*fac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stupéfaction. See Stupefacient.]
Definition: The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied. [Written also stupifaction.] Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction upon it. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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