In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
UNZIP
unzip
(verb) open the zipper of; “unzip the bag”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
unzip (third-person singular simple present unzips, present participle unzipping, simple past and past participle unzipped)
(transitive) To open something using a zipper.
(intransitive) To come open by means of a zipper.
(computing, transitive) To decompress (a zip file).
Antonyms
• zip up
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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