Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TRITURATE
Verb
triturate (third-person singular simple present triturates, present participle triturating, simple past and past participle triturated)
To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
Source: Wiktionary
Trit"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Triturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Triturating.] Etym: [L. trituratus, p. p. of triturate to thrash (grain), fr. terere, tritum, to rub, rub to pieces. See Trite.]
1. To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.
2. To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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