You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
SUCTIONED
Verb
suctioned
simple past tense and past participle of suction
Anagrams
• eductions, seduction
Source: Wiktionary
SUCTION
Suc"tion, n. Etym: [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See Suck, v. t.]
Definition: The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.
– Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively.
– Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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