Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
UNDERDRIVE
Etymology
Adjective
underdrive (not comparable)
(of a crankshaft or accessory pulley) Designed to turn at a slower speed than stock.
Verb
underdrive (third-person singular simple present underdrives, present participle underdriving, simple past underdrove, past participle underdriven)
(transitive) To slow the rate of rotation in (a pulley-based system).
Source: Wiktionary
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NECESSITATE
(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; “It takes nerve to do what she did”; “success usually requires hard work”; “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”; “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”; “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”; “This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”
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